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IC Potash starts environmental study at US project

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TSX V-listed IC Potash said on Monday it had started environmental permitting work at its Ochoa sulphate of potash (SOP) project in New Mexico. The mine is expected to cost $662-million and produce 660 000 t/y of SOP, also called potassium...

By: Matthew Hill

11th April 2011

POTASH

Mesa acquires Utah potash permits

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Hot on the heels of changing its name from Mesa Uranium to Mesa Exploration, the TSX V-listed company said on Thursday it had bought a western Utah potash project. The White Mountain deposit consists of 1 700 acres of Federal potash permit...

By: Matthew Hill

7th April 2011

POTASH

Silver Lakes buys Alberta potash property

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TSX V-listed Silver Lake Resources has agreed to buy Pacific Canada Potash, which owns prospects in Alberta, for four-million shares and $525 000 in cash, it announced on Thursday. On closing the deal, Silver Lake will change its name to Pacific...

By: Matthew Hill

7th April 2011

COMMODITIES

Commodity prices to climb for another 5-10 years, says Bharti

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The gold price will reach $2 000/oz by the end of next year, Toronto-based Forbes & Manhattan CEO Stan Bharti predicted on Monday. He said the broader commodities bull cycle would last another five to ten years before seeing a major correction,...

By: Matthew Hill

4th April 2011

POTASH

Much higher prices needed for profitable new potash mines - Mosaic CEO

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Potash prices will need to nearly double from current levels to justify building brand new mines, Mosaic CEO James Prokopanko said on Thursday. “On the greenfield side, I just don’t see projects being justified as yet,” he said on the...

By: Matthew Hill

31st March 2011

PHOSPHATE

Spur jumps on JV rejigging

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Spur Ventures’ shares leapt 45% in Toronto after the phosphate miner said its Chinese joint-venture would restructure and accelerate phosphate production in the Asian country. Under the restructuring, Spur will end up owning a minimum 20% stake...

By: Matthew Hill

30th March 2011

POTASH

Ethiopian Potash adopts poison pill, shares rise

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TSX V-listed Ethiopian Potash Corp has implemented a shareholder rights plan, it said on Tuesday. The company’s shares rose 13% in Toronto, despite Ethiopian Potash’s assurances that its board is not aware of any company planning to buy it out.

By: Matthew Hill

29th March 2011

POTASH

MagIndustries gets interest from 'several' potential backers

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Potash junior MagIndustries has received “several” approaches from companies interested in funding its Mengo project in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), and continues “to actively pursue discussions with a significant industrial...

By: Matthew Hill

25th March 2011

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Currency	Person
Toronto Brazzaville	IC Potash Pacific Canada Pacific Canada Potash Pacific Potash Corporation Silver Lake Resources Cliffs Resource Forbes & Manhattan CEO Stan Bharti BHP Billiton Potash Corp. Scotia Capital Spur Ventures Yichang Maple Leaf Chemicals Ethiopian Potash Corp International Finance Corporation MagIndustries Potash TSC Capital	USD CAD	Sidney Himmel Allana Potash Bharti Cargill James Prokopanko Bill Burton Rick Mennel
Province Or State	Continent	Industry Term	Natural Feature
New Mexico Utah Alberta Amazon Saskatchewan	North America	Potash Permit Applications Agricultural Products Energy Merchant Bank Mining Oil Phosphate Miner Industrial	Blawn Mountain White Mountain Desert Sun Mining
Country	Market Index
Brazil Ethiopia United States Canada Republic Of Congo Taiwan	TSX