March 4, 2010

The fortunes of iron ore and its many good bedmates

The broad, heavy, heave continues towards integrated steelmakers, and upstream to iron ore, coking coal, manganese, nickel, and even molybdenum and cobalt.

December 11, 2009

Jack Lifton: Safeguarding Our Future Supply of Rare Earths

Source: The Gold Report; interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher 12/11/2009 http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/3394 “Price may not be as important as security of supply,” says Jack […]

July 21, 2009

New technology to recover nickel and cobalt: the Shanshan process

Heron Resources reports that a feasibility study is investigating the potential to process 1 Mt/y of nickel laterite ore from the Yerilla project, producing 80,000 t/y of nickel concentrate, containing…

July 17, 2009

Project News paints a diverse metals and minerals picture

Latest issue of International Mining Project News available (July 17): This issue we cover a wide variety of minerals and metals ranging from the usual batch of iron ore, cobalt,…

February 9, 2009

BacTech, Haileybury School of Mines to offer unique program

With a proposed pilot plant in nearby Cobalt, BacTech Mining Corporation has teamed up with the Haileybury School of Mines to create […]

October 31, 2008

Bactech seeks Government Funding for Bioleach Plant to Neutralize Toxic Arsenic Tailings in Cobalt, Ontario

BacTech Mining Corporation has applied for $10 million in government funding to build a pilot bioleach plant in the Cobalt area of […]

August 18, 2008

Mine, environmentalists hail cobalt mine deal

Environmentalists and a company seeking to mine cobalt in central Idaho are hailing a deal they say assures protection of the Upper Salmon River watershed long after the mine closes.

June 5, 2008

Copper belt mines now being hit with power cuts

Zambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corp. , which supplies power to the country’s copper and cobalt mines, has cut back supply following disruptions in […]