Why Cobalt is Strategic to the U.S.

2012/03/16

Approximately 48% of the world’s 2007 mined cobalt was a byproduct of nickel mining from sulfide and laterite deposits. An additional 37% was pr... Read more »

U.S. Mining Industry in Decline

The U.S. mining industry has been in decline for decades. A number of factors have contributed to this trend making the world’s most powerful na... Read more »

Rare Earth Shortage Reality

2012/03/15

The world’s biggest economies are joining forces to oppose China’s policies on domestic rare earth elements as the risk of a global shorta... Read more »

Energy Critical Elements

2012/03/09

A Report by the APS Panel on Public Affairs and the Materials Research Society coined the term “energy-critical element” (ECE) to describe a class... Read more »

PDAC 2012 – Mining Milestones in March

2012/03/05

After meeting with mining companies for the past two days at the annual PDAC convention in Toronto, we’re pleased to present a list of upcoming ... Read more »

Strike Graphite Identifies Second New Target

2012/02/29

NEWS RELEASE. Feb. 29, 2012: Vancouver, BC – Strike Graphite Corp. (Stock Profile – TSXV: SRK) announced that Geotech Ltd. has completed t... Read more »

Strike Graphite Identifies New Target

2012/02/23

NEWS RELEASE. February 23, 2012: Vancouver, BC – Strike Graphite Corp. (Stock Profile – TSXV: SRK) announced today that Geotech Ltd. has c... Read more »

Strike Graphite Acquires New Property

2012/02/14

NEWS RELEASE. Feb. 14, 2012: Vancouver, BC – Strike Graphite Corp. (profile TSXV:SRK) signed an agreement to acquire a 100-per-cent interest i... Read more »

Graphite: Supply and Demand

In 2010 a European Commission included graphite among the 14 materials it considered high in both economic importance and supply risk. The British Ge... Read more »

Strike Graphite Closes $1.28 Million Financing

2012/02/09

NEWS RELEASE. Feb. 9, 2012: Vancouver, BC – Strike Graphite Corp. (profile TSXV:SRK) closed a private placement of 7,357,715 units at $0.175 per... Read more »

Cashed-Up Catfish Report

2012/02/08

We are delighted to bring you the MiningFeeds bottom fishing report. And to catch these fish, you don’t need to know how to noodle. Noodling is ... Read more »

Rare Earth Elements are Critical Minerals

2012/02/04

The U.S. Department of Energy, in its Dec. 2011 report entitled Critical Materials Strategy examined the role that Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and ot... Read more »

Impala Platinum CEO Resigns

2012/01/24

In my mind’s eye, I have this picture of David Brown; with a glass of New Year’s champagne in one hand and the last bars of ‘Auld La... Read more »

2012 – Off to a Bang!

2012/01/08

2012 is upon us and it was a good opening week for the both the markets and mining companies alike. On the heels of intense tax-loss selling in Decemb... Read more »

Rare Earth stocks back to earth

2011/09/23

Rare earths came to the public’s attention when China began to restrict their export in July, 2010. At the time, China announced a 72% year over... Read more »

What are Strategic Minerals?

2011/08/02

Welcome to the August edition of the Highgrade Review. This month’s issue is completely dedicated to critical minerals and the companies listed on t... Read more »

5 Strategic Mineral Stocks to Watch – Part 1

2011 has been a coming out party for rare earth elements and, more recently, a broader category of strategic raw materials. Strategic minerals constit... Read more »

5 Strategic Mineral Stocks to Watch – Part 2

3. American Vanadium Corp. (TSX-V: AVC) President Obama likes vanadium; or rather, he likes to say the word vanadium. Last February Obama joked that &... Read more »

Interview: Mari-Ann Green of Formation Metals (TSX: FCO)

Cobalt is classified as a strategic metal by the United States Government and a critical metal by the European Union. Highly purified cobalt, a techn... Read more »

Interview: Greg Bowes of Northern Graphite (TSXV:NGC)

Graphite is one of fourteen critical minerals that were identified by a recent report by the European Commission as being under “supply risk... Read more »