November 6, 2011

Pencil in some great graphite buys

Call us old-fashioned, but it's good to see a battling junior get a break for a change. Back in the heady days of 2007, Syrah Resources (SYR) floated with a…

November 3, 2011

Formation Metals loses financing but continuing to develop Idaho cobalt project

Stock in Formation Metals (TSE:FCO) plunged 13% today after a European bank decided to terminate its loan agreement with the Vancouver-based company. The $79.5 million loan from BNP Paribas was…

November 3, 2011

Portrait of the family behind America’s ‘most significant heavy rare earth deposit’

Bloomberg looks at the family behind Bokan Mountain, America's "most significant heavy rare earth deposit." The Bokan is located on an island in the south part of the Alaskan Panhandle.…

November 2, 2011

Tenke Fungurume gets green light for $850 million expansion

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has approved a US$850 million expansion to the Tenke Fungurume mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lundin Mining, a partner at the mine…

November 2, 2011

Kirrin Resources Bottom Brook REE Project Awarded $100,000 Grant by Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Kirrin Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KYM) today announced that it has been advised by the Department of Natural Resources of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador that Kirrin's application for Junior…

November 1, 2011

96% of non-Chinese rare earth projects will fail, says Jack Lifton

A mining industry consultant says the high processing costs and level of expertise required in bringing rare earth mines into production means most of them will fail. In an interview…

October 31, 2011

Great Western Minerals Group announces pricing on previously announced $15 million private placement

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (OTCQX:GWMGF) ("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company and a syndicate of agents co-led by Byron Capital Markets Ltd.…

October 30, 2011

Platinum brain device is top 10 medical breakthrough for 2012

A new minimally-invasive procedure that can safely and effectively treat brain aneurysms without open surgery by implanting an FDA-approved device consisting of a flexible braided mesh tube made of platinum…

October 26, 2011

Jonathan Lee: Graphite and vanadium to benefit from battery market growth

Graphite and vanadium may be relatively obscure materials, but these commodities could get a jolt from developing battery technology.

October 26, 2011

Investors applaud Sherritt’s pace building world’s biggest nickel mine, stock jumps 10%

Canada's number one coal producer and world-leading nickel miner, Sherritt jumped 10.2% on Wednesday after reporting a doubling of quarterly net earnings and good progress at its massive Ambatovy project…