Industrial Minerals


IM Global Phosphate Roundup: 23-29 February

29 February 2012

by Alex Feytis

A brief look at the rest of the week’s phosphate stories in the news

Keywords: phosphate, fertilizer, Montero, EuroChem, Minemakers, Eagle Star

Canada-based Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd has released the results of an initial compliant preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its sedimentary Duyker Eiland phosphate project in South Africa, based on an initial inferred mineral resource of 32.8m tonnes, grading at 7.15% P2O5.

The Duyker Eiland project, located 30km north of the Port of Saldanha, in South Africa’s Western Cape, is one of the four Phosco assets acquired in the...