Ground rock phosphate has been used as a source of phosphorous for acid soils in the past. However, due to the low availability of phosphorousin rock phosphate, high transportation costs and small crop responses have reduced the usage of rock phosphate in agriculture. Alternatively, the rising diversified food demand amid rising population factors have challenged […]
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Tertiary Minerals receives positive results at MB Fluorspar In Nevada
Tertiary Minerals PLC Monday said it has received positive results from final drilling at the MB Fluorspar project in the US state of Nevada and has awarded the contract to complete the site’s first JORC Mineral Resource Estimate. The AIM-traded fluorspar developer said results from two holes in the southern area of the site showed […]
Prima Fluorspar Corp. enters into LOI to acquire controlling interest in a Mongolian Fluorspar Mining Company
Prima Fluorspar Corp. (TSX-V:PF) (“Prima” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that on August 30, 2013 it entered into a non-binding letter of intent with three funds managed by affiliates of New York-based Firebird Management LLC (“Firebird”), to negotiate the purchase of holding companies through which Firebird controls it 99.8% ownership stake in BerkhUul […]
Derbyshire: The ‘Blue et Jaune’ mineral
THE mineral Blue John Stone is a unique banded form of fluorspar, a white or colourless mineral, sometimes fluorescent and often tinted by impurities, found in veins and as deposits from hot gases. It is used in the manufacture of glass, enamel and jewellery, and is also the chief ore of fluorine. Mining of the […]
Report on Global Fluorite Industry
Fluorite is an important mineral raw material in the modern industry, widely used in metallurgy, chemical industry, aluminum smelting and other fields. In 2011, the global fluorite reserves reached about 240 million tons, mainly distributed in South Africa, Mexico, China and Mongolia; the fluorite reserves of these four countries accounted for about 50% of the […]
EPA meeting to be held in Questa July 31
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing in Questa, Wednesday (July 31) to receive comments on Chevron Mining’s draft permit to discharge into the Red River. The revised permit concerns water discharges from the Questa molybdenum mine and tailings facility. According to information from the EPA, the hearing will include a presentation […]
Fluorspar: Tertiary Minerals upbeat as losses widen
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TERTIARY Minerals, the exploration and development company with projects in the US and Scandinavia, has posted a higher interim loss, but says its prospects are positive. The AIM firm, which has its administrative base in Macclesfield, made a loss of £236, 278 in the six months to the end of March, up from £190,469 in […]
Canada Fluorspar’s glow brightens
On May 8 Canada Fluorspar Inc (CFI) announced the third set of results from the diamond drilling program at its Director Vein on the company’s St Lawrence project in Newfoundland, saying it is encouraged by the data that validates the trenching results from last year. The third set of results are from three holes, with […]
Big pollution risk seen in rare-earth mining
Pulling rare-earth elements from deep underground carries the potential for big financial rewards – and big environmental risks. In China, where 95 percent of all rare earths worldwide are mined, a lack of environmental regulation has allowed massive surface and groundwater pollution. In Arizona, a state geologist and the head of the University of Arizona’s […]
Mining concern to pay $60K fine for Marana spill
Silver Bell Mining also to spend $50K to fix water-quality violations An Asarco mining operation has agreed to pay a $60,000 fine and take preventive steps valued at $50,000 to resolve water-quality violations caused by a June 2010 pipeline spill at the Silver Bell Copper Mine near Marana, state regulators said Tuesday. The consent judgment […]