A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, ...
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 13, 2012) - Focus Metals Inc. ("Focus" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:FMS)(OTCQX:FCSMF)(FRANKFURT:FKC) and partner SOQUEM Inc. ("SOQUEM") are pleased to report the results of the fall 2011 ...
Tags: Canada, Exploration, Quebec, Rare Earth
The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
Tags: Cobalt, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
China's top 10 REE producers are planning to set up a trading platform for rare earth oxides as early as next month. China mines roughly 95% of the world's rare earths and is also the globe's top consumer of the 17 elements used in ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Molycorp's mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies sent its shares rocketing in New York on Friday. By lunchtime the stock was trading at $30.09, up 15.8%, on volumes already close to triple the daily average. The counter is ...
Tags: China, Finance, Molybdenum, Rare Earth, USA
Strong revenue growth and a production ramp-up failed to give Molycorp a boost on Friday with the stock falling almost 2% by the close. The Colorado company, in the process of restarting full-scale mining and processing at Mountain Pass ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to fail." The consultants held this view "even though the latest ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, Rare Earths
Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
China has officially rejected a request by the US, Europe and Japan to have a special panel of the World Trade Organization arbitrate a dispute over the country's controversial policy of restricting exports of rare earths. China mines ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
SGS Geostat has determined a base case Inferred mineral resource of 219.8 million tonnes containing 1.88% TREO, an Indicated mineral resource of 27.7 million tonnes containing 1.90% TREO, and a Measured mineral resource of 1.6 million ...
Tags: Canada, Commerce Resources Corp., Rare Earth, Rare earth metals
Rare earth production throughout China – responsible for more than 90% of the world's output – has slowed due to weak downstream demand with output in Guangdong province particularly depressed. China Daily reports ...
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Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral Energy, Rare Earth
China's People's Daily on Tuesday weighed in on the current stand-off with Japan over the Diaoyu islands – the Japanese calls them the Senkaku islands – and how it could affect the rare earth industry. The paper is the ...
Tags: China, Japan, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But ...
Tags: Rare earths, graphite, rare earth market, minerals
The rare earths business isn't unlike a Formula One race, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice-president and senior analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. Companies are speeding to reach production and find strategic partners to grease the ...
Tags: rare earths business, rare earths, Critical Metals, Metals