Potash Mining

Former Deputy Under-Secretary of the Interior Appointed as an Advisor of Passport Potash, Inc.

Passport Potash Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dennis Ickes as an advisor to the Company. Mr. Ickes is an internationally known lawyer, legal scholar, trial attorney and business leader. He has served as Deputy Under-Secretary of the Interior in two Cabinets, and founded the Office of Indian Rights in the United States Department of... 

ICL Signs Contract to Supply China with 500,000 Tons of Potash Over Half a Year

ICL, a multinational fertilizer and specialty chemicals company, today announced that its ICL Fertilizers segment will supply its Chinese customers with 500,000 tons of potash in the first half of 2011, within the framework of its existing supply agreements with its Chinese customers. The price per ton is similar to recent prices concluded by other... 

Passport Potash Inc. Grants Incentive Stock Options

Passport Potash Inc. wishes to announce that it has granted 5,927,000 incentive stock options to directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Company. The options are exercisable at $1.20 and will expire on February 9, 2016.

PotashCorps Second-Highest Fourth-Quarter Earnings Reflect Growing Demand

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.61 per share1 ($482.3 million), the highest quarterly total for 2010 and more than double the $0.79 per share ($239.2 million) earned in the same period last year. This result raised full-year earnings to $5.95 per share ($1.8 billion) – the second-highest... 

Marifil Acquires K-4 Potash Project and Adds More Property to K-3

MARIFIL MINES LTD. announces that an ongoing exploration program for potash in the Neuquen Basin in Argentina resulted in the identification and acquisition of a second large area highly favourable for potash in the northern portion of the basin in Mendoza Province (see news release dated December 13, 2010). The Company has acquired by staking four... 

Allana Resources Announces Closing of $2.0 Million Strategic Investment

Allana Resources Inc. announce that the Company has completed its previously announced Strategic Investment with China Minerals United Management Ltd. (see News Release dated November 4, 2009) by way of private placement financing of Common Shares of the Corporation for gross proceeds of $2,000,000 million through the issuance of 8,000,000 Common Shares... 

Encanto announces agreement on large new potash property

Encanto Potash Corp. announce that it has signed an Exploration Participation Agreement (EPA) with the Muskowekwan First Nations in Saskatchewan. The Muskowekwan EPA lands are located approximately 100 kilometres north of Regina, and consist of 43,000 acres of gentle rolling plains. Several oil wells drilled all around the Muskowekwan EPA lands have... 

Metallic Stearates Increase at PMC Biogenix

PMC Biogenix announced that, as a result of continuing cost pressures related to escalating raw material costs, effective August 1, 2009 or as contracts permit, prices for PMC Biogenix’s metallic stearates products will increase $0.10/lb. Customers with questions should contact their account representative or the PMC Biogenix customer service group. PMC... 

Passport Metals Inc. Acquires 3 Additional Leases in Holbrook Potash Property in Arizona

Passport Metals Inc. announce that it has acquired 3 new leases adjacent to its property holdings in the Holbrook Basic Potash property. The 3 claims: #08-113498, 640 acres, T16N R22 E Sec 16, #08-113499, 439.79 acres, T15N R 22E Sec 4 and #08-113500, 480 acres, T16N R22E Sec 28 total 1559.79 acres. There are two leases pending approval by the State... 

Talon Metals Granted Rights to New Potash Exploration Licences

Talon Metals Corp., announce the granting of two new exploration licences for potash and to provide an update on the Sergipe Potash Project located in Sergipe State, Brazil. In a news release dated May 25, 2009, the Company announced the acquisition of the Sergipe Potash Project and immediately commenced a detailed review of the available technical...