March 26, 2012

Solution potash mine approved in New Mexico

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) was up 2% today on news that its solution mining project near Carlsbad, New Mexico has been approved by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

March 23, 2012

Verde Potash completes $28,750,000 prospectus offering

Verde Potash Plc (TSX-V: NPK) ("Verde" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced bought deal offering of ordinary shares (the "Shares") at a…

March 22, 2012

Glencore-Xstrata merger won’t happen this year

EU regulators are stepping up scrutiny of the mooted $90 billion merger of the commodities trader and coal giant and the whole vetting process could take until early 2013. That…

March 21, 2012

Agrium faces OHS charges in worker’s death

Agrium Inc. is facing four charges under the province's Occupational Health and Safety regulations in relation to the death of an electrician at the Vanscoy potash mine in 2010.

March 19, 2012

Drilling Continues to Intersect Strong Potash Expanding the Deposit and Confirming Continuity

("Allana" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has intersected two zones of strong potash mineralization in Holes DK-11-32, DK-11-33, and DK-11-34 ("Holes 32, 33,and 34"). All Holes…

March 14, 2012

Uralkali cutting Potash output 40%

OAO Uralkali, the world’s biggest potash producer by output, is cutting first-quarter production by about 40% from a year earlier after China and India postponed purchases and may further reduce…

March 13, 2012

China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years

MarketWatch quotes  Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying:  "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."

March 9, 2012

Liberty Metals & Mining and International Finance Corporation Exercise Participation Rights in Connection With $20 Million Bought Deal Financing for Further Proceeds of $4.7 Million

Allana Potash Corp. (TSX:AAA) ("Allana" or "the Company"), is pleased to announce that it has completed its non-brokered private placement financing (the "Financing") with Liberty Metals & Mining Holdings, LLC…

March 7, 2012

ATCO tapped to build 2,586-person village in north Saskatchewan for potash project

ATCO announced on Monday that it has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to design, build and operate a 2,586-person turnkey workforce housing lodge for BHP Billiton’s Jansen Potash Project, 100…

March 5, 2012

Body blow for mining heavyweights as China growth expected to slow to near decade low

The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were…