Potash Top Stories

Mergers and acquisitions in Canada stage exceptional comeback in Q1

However, the Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — dropped 8% in the three months to March 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 24, 2018 | 10:20 am

US confirms list of 35 key minerals, targets domestic supply boost

Uranium and key rechargeable battery metals lithium and cobalt are…

Reuters | May 18, 2018 | 10:51 am

China’s Tianqi Lithium buys minority stake in SQM for $4.1bn

The Asian firm has bought a 24% stake in Chile’s…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2018 | 8:00 am

Nutrien speeds up sale of $4bn-stake in Chilean lithium giant SQM

The world’s largest potash miner said it expected to have…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2018 | 6:47 am

China lithium top player boosts investment in emerging Australian miner

Chinese companies continue to aggressively try securing steady supply of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2018 | 5:00 am

Andrew Pullar’s plan: Go long, set goals with world-class assets

To come to terms with what has happened in the gold equities market, you have to understand what has happened to gold itself.

The Gold Report | October 5, 2015 | 12:42 pm

China’s astonishing rise in one simple chart

When compared to the US, the world's largest economy for 150 years, China's ascent is even more startling because it took place over such a short time-span.

Frik Els | October 1, 2015 | 12:14 pm

African Potash signs supply deal with Zambia distributor

The contract will give the company, which wants to become a one-stop shop African fertilizer business, a platform to distribute the product across eastern and southern Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2015 | 5:39 am

Argentina’s presidential candidates want mining to be platform for country’s recovery

Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly its mining sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2015 | 1:53 pm

Caterpillar to axe 10,000 jobs over next three years

It also revised its guidance for 2015 down, saying sales and revenues for the year are now expected to be about $48 billion—$1 billion lower than the previous outlook.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2015 | 6:19 am

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

Frik Els | September 23, 2015 | 11:39 pm