April 7, 2011

Orocobre Limited: first battery grade lithium carbonate produced from Salar de Olaroz

Orocobre Limited (TSX:ORL)(ASX:ORE) is pleased to report that it has produced battery grade lithium carbonate from Salar de Olaroz brines. Orocobre's analysis shows that the lithium carbonate is of greater…

April 5, 2011

PotashCorp teams up with Redpath and Thyssen on Scissors Creek shaft project

One of the world’s largest potash producers, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) has teamed up with joint venture partners, Redpath and Thyssen Mining in the newly formed Associated Mining Construction…

April 4, 2011

Rodinia Lithium announces commencement of Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Salar De Diablillos

Rodinia Lithium Inc. (TSX-V:RM)(OTCQX:RDNAF) has commenced work to has commenced work to aggressively accelerate completion of a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of its Salar de Diablillos property in Argentina following…

April 1, 2011

Orocobre Limited: increased and upgraded resource at Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project

Orocobre Limited (TSX:ORL)(ASX:ORE) reports a substantially increased and upgraded resource estimate at its flagship Salar de Olaroz lithium-potash project in Jujuy province in north-west Argentina. This follows completion of a…

March 24, 2011

Potash Supply

Cloth-dying and soap-making have employed residue from boiled plant material since ancient times. The plants are reduced to brine and that evaporated until only the useful “potash” remains.

March 19, 2011

Uralkali, Silvinit to mine 10.6 million tonnes of potash

Reuters reported that Russian potash miners Uralkali (URKA.MM) and Silvinit (SILV.MM) expect to produce a combined 10.6 million tonnes of potash this year, up from 10.3 million tonnes in 2010.

March 19, 2011

Japan quake fails to rattle potash

Potash Investing News reports on how the Japanese earthquake and tsunami have impacted the market for potash: While grain prices have been experiencing volatility in the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake,…

March 17, 2011

Potash junior successfully raises $20m

TSX V-listed IC Potash, which has projects in New Mexico, said on Thursday it had successfully raised $20-million in a bought deal […]

March 6, 2011

PotashCorp’s Allan mine in expansion mode

The increase in the demand for potash, along with higher prices, is fuelling an expansion of PotashCorp's Allan mine in Sasatchewan, The Star Phoenix reports. The $550 million expansion began…

February 21, 2011

Follow the money: how to profit from copper’s next wave

Investing in copper might be the simplest way to profit from the ongoing global urbanization.