May 5, 2015

Potash to outweigh effects of low oil prices in Saskatchewan’s economy — BMO

While oil production is expected to drop by 4% this year, potash output will jump 8%, BMO forecasts.

May 5, 2015

Survival guide for the mother of all bear markets from veteran bottomfisher John Kaiser

In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds to potash and zinc, Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser names for The Mining Report readers the companies that could…

May 5, 2015

Uralkali Contract with Indian Company Could Stimulate Potash Demand

When it comes to major deals in the potash space, 2015 has been a little sluggish.

May 5, 2015

Taseko announces improved economics at its Gibraltar copper mine

This new mine plan is a result of a detailed, six-month engineering study and forms the basis of an updated NI 43-101 compliant reserve.

May 5, 2015

Copper price enjoys strongest rally in four years

Copper prices are have trended strongly to the upside in recent days, with the red metal enjoying the biggest surge in confidence since 2011, as the weak dollar supports while…

May 5, 2015

South Africa delays court decision on black ownership of mines

The mines ministry has missed an April deadline to ask courts solve the issue of whether companies may claim they meet black-ownership quotas if shareholders have sold their stakes.

May 5, 2015

Lucara sells stake in African diamond project to Paragon for $8.5m

Developing Mothae and Lemphane concurrently would allow Paragon to benefit from significant economies of scale, said Paragon Diamonds.

May 4, 2015

This plant may be the best diamond-finding tool you’ll ever have

American geophysicist and Fulbright scholar, Stephen Haggerty, has found a new prickly, palm-like plant that seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes.

May 4, 2015

Canadian First Nations offered $1bn to approve gas project

A Petronas-led natural gas partnership in British Columbia is offering a Canadian aboriginal community Cdn$1bn to approve a new energy project.

May 4, 2015

NSW environmental watchdog bashed over BHP’s coal pollution case

The 14-months long investigation ended on April 10, with BHP accepting the charge of “causing an offensive odour,” and the EPA releasing just a single tweet about it.