BHP’s bid for Anglo casts cloud over $9 billion fertilizer mineBHP is already building its own giant fertilizer project in Canada, called Jansen, to which it’s already committed more than $10 billion.Bloomberg News | April 26, 2024 | 12:39 pm
BHP-Anglo American potential merger: It’s all about copperThe world’s largest miner wants to buy Anglo American, but…Cecilia Jamasmie | April 25, 2024 | 7:52 am
BHP says first stage of Jansen mine almost halfway completeThe Jansen Stage 1 project is at 44% completion, said…Staff Writer | April 18, 2024 | 9:17 am
Nevada regains position as most attractive mining jurisdiction The Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies places Western Australia second, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan third. Staff Writer | May 4, 2023 | 6:33 am
Brazil’s Mura people report threats amid pressure to approve Amazon potash mine Their ancestral land overlaps with an area where a Canadian company wants to build a potash mine. Reuters | April 28, 2023 | 4:18 pm
Brazil’s path to potash production in the Amazon The mine is one of several potential projects which the government hopes will end Brazil's almost complete reliance on imports of the material. Amanda Stutt | April 28, 2023 | 10:57 am
Low-tech ammonia production could help slash global CO2 emissions Researchers have discovered a way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. Staff Writer | April 25, 2023 | 6:06 am
Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars Vladimir Potanin, president and biggest shareholder of Nornickel, was ranked as the second richest in Russia. Reuters | April 22, 2023 | 8:09 pm
CHARTS: Mining’s top 50 companies top $1.4 trillion value amid M&A fever World’s top 50 mining companies build on gains in the first quarter of 2023, but remain well below valuations this time last year as M&A fever grips the sector. Frik Els | April 11, 2023 | 11:28 am
Brazil Potash presses on with sensitive Amazon project Legal challenges are mounting to the miner's plans for extracting the fertilizer ingredient from beneath the Amazon rainforest. Reuters | April 10, 2023 | 7:40 am
Danakali sells stake in flagship Colluli potash project in Eritrea Buyers Sichuan Road and Bridge Group have paid $105 million. A second instalment of $16 million is expected within the next six months Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2023 | 6:20 am
Nutrien CEO says fertilizer supply to stay tight in 2023 Shipments out of major exporters Belarus and Russia are still at least partially constrained. Bloomberg News | March 29, 2023 | 8:11 am