March 24, 2016

Afghanistan may contain large resources of undiscovered potash: USGS

Together with other Central Asian countries it is said to have the potential to hold between 39 and 54 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources.

March 22, 2016

The end of the global diversified miner?

New report predicts mining's majors will increasingly move away from diversification strategies to concentrate on competitiveness in certain core sectors.

March 20, 2016

Private capital is ready to invest $7 billion in mining

Half of private capital funds say it's easier to find attractive investments in the sector new study finds.

March 18, 2016

CAT sales show mining slump only getting worse

Industry bellwether Caterpillar's global mining equipment sales drop 42% as Asia-Pacific and Latin America orders fall off a cliff.

March 15, 2016

Karnalyte, Indian fertilizer co agree to build new potash mine

Karnalyte Recources (TSX:KRN) has inked a major deal with an Indian fertilizer manufacturer to build a new potash mine in Saskatchewan.

March 10, 2016

BHP’s $14 billion Jansen potash becomes latest victim of commodities rout

BHP has cut $130 million from this year's planned $330 million capital expenditure to develop and study the feasibility of the project.

March 1, 2016

Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016

Rate of corporate defaults could be double historical average going back to 1920 says new study.

March 1, 2016

Here’s where mining investors should be placing their bets

As a country, however, Canada is falling out of favour.

February 28, 2016

PotashCorp to idle two mines temporarily

Allan and Lanigan will stop producing for 4 weeks starting on March 20.

February 26, 2016

Eritrea looks to build mining sector to kick-start economy

The country aims to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash.