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PHOSPHATE

Montero says SA phosphate mine to cost C$129m

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Toronto-based Montero Mining, which owns a rare earths project in Tanzania, on Tuesday said a scoping study gave its Duyker Eiland phosphate asset in South Africa’s Western Cape a C$150-million net asset value at a 10% discount rate, forecasting...

By: Matthew Hill

29th February 2012

COMMODITY PRICES

'Terrific' potash sales soon - Coxe

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Almost exactly ten years ago, BMO Financial Group strategy advisor Don Coxe correctly forecast commodities were moving into the biggest bull market yet. On Friday, he said investors in commodity markets can still expect at least another two...

By: Matthew Hill

25th February 2012

POTASH

Can former UraMin team pull it off again with Congo potash?

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While Elemental Minerals is sitting on what Northern Securities analyst Fadi Benjamin calls “the best potash project in Africa...hands down”, the biggest challenge facing the company is raising the $1.7-billion required to bring its Sintoukola...

By: Matthew Hill

23rd February 2012

POTASH

Curiouser and curiouser at Ethiopian Potash

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In a strange twist of events, Ethiopian Potash exploration VP Bruce Cumming announced his own resignation this week, through what the TSX-V-listed junior called an “unauthorised press release”. While Ethiopian Potash acknowledged Cumming’s...

By: Matthew Hill

15th February 2012

POTASH

Mosaic joins potash-production cutting party on soft demand

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Potash dealers are holding back from buying the crop nutrient even more than North America’s second-biggest producer, Mosaic Corp, anticipated they would a month ago, prompting the company to idle up to 20% of its capacity up to May. However,...

By: Matthew Hill

4th February 2012

POTASH

Doyle undaunted as potash demand dips

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Markets for potash might have seized up at the end of last year and into 2012, but demand will likely bounce back equally quickly, Potash Corp CEO Bill Doyle said on Thursday. “This business turns on a dime,” the head of the world’s biggest...

By: Matthew Hill

27th January 2012

POTASH

Potash Corp Dec quarter profit misses estimates

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A surprisingly swift fourth-quarter slowdown in fertiliser markets ate into Potash Corp earnings for the period which, at $683-million, was 34% higher than for the same period in 2010, but well below analyst expectations. Potash demand in North...

By: Matthew Hill

26th January 2012

POTASH

Potash Corp hikes dividend

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Potash Corp, the biggest fertiliser-maker, on Wednesday said it is increasing its quarterly dividend by 100% to $0.14 a share, having also doubled the payout a year ago. CEO Bill Doyle said the increase “reflects the confidence we have in the...

By: Matthew Hill

26th January 2012

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City	Country	Currency	Facility
Casablanca Toronto Rocanville London	Morocco South Africa Tanzania Canada China India Indonesia Brazil Switzerland Ethiopia Russia United States	CAD USD	Port Of Casablanca Saldhanha Port Trekoppje Mine
Natural Feature	Person	Company	Industry Term
Western Cape Wigu Hill Saskatchewan	Tony Harwood Bill Doyle Don Coxe Fadi Benjamin Iain Macpherson Ian Stalker John Sanders Peter Prattas Allana Potash Bruce Cumming George Roach Nova Potash Jim Prokopanko	BMO Financial Group Lehman Brothers Potash Corp Fraser Mackenzie Mosaic Corp Ethiopian Potash G&B Central African Resources Ltd Panorama Resources UraMin OAO Uralkali Agrium Mosaic Potash Corp. Reuters Bloomberg	Steel Transport High Food Prices
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Western Europe	Africa North America	Maryland Saskatchewan	The Namibian