SASKATCHEWAN – Uncertainty has overtaken the Jansen potash development 140 km east of Saskatoon as owner BHP Billiton posted a loss of US$6.4 billion for the year ended June 30, 2016. Weak commodity prices, the failure of the tailings dam…
VANCOUVER — Canadian giant Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan is considering a mega deal for Germany’s K+S Aktiengesellschaft that could materially change the landscape in the fertilizer business. The world’s largest…
The German-based mining conglomerate K+S Aktiengesellschaft of Kassel is the world’s largest salt producer and a very large potash producer too.
The break-up of one of the world’s two big potash cartels has spawned much speculation about the future of BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) Jansen project in Saskatchewan, with a report from analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch arguing that…
BHP Billiton’s decision to delay its multi-billion dollar expansion of Olympic Dam due to escalating capital costs will put a forecasted uranium supply deficit under even greater pressure, analysts say.
Reports have been read. Numbers crunched. Comparisons made. Now our annual look at Canada’s Top 40 mining companies is ready.
VANCOUVER — With world populations marching ever upward, and an updated forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating the largest U.S. corn crop in 75 years through 2012, it comes as no surprise that potash exploration and…
SASKATCHEWAN – Atco Structures & Logistics has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to design, build and operate a 2,586-person housing lodge for BHP Billiton’s Jansen potash project 100 km north of Regina. Atco did not…
Toronto-based Axmin Inc. has named Graham Hill to the position of COO. The company is developing the Passendro gold mine in the Central African Republic.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Australian mining powerhouse BHP Billiton has okayed the redevelopment of the Misery open pit at the Ekati diamond mine at Lac de Gras. The current project involves pushing back the limits of the Misery pit that was…
OTTAWA — The progress report released last week by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) reveals substa…
All across Canada companies are reporting new NI 43-101 reserve and resource numbers for projects seeking a variety…