China is delivering on its promise to consolidate its mining industry with the formation of a new rare earth mega miner. According to a report by Global Times, the “mega-corporation”, named China North Rare Earths (Group) ...
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Japan is set to commence imports of rare earth metals for India in order to hedge against worsening relations with chief supplier China. The Asahi Shimbun reports that Japan is expected to announce the start of imports from India during a ...
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Recent discoveries of rare earth minerals at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean could break China's existing monopoly on supply of the vital raw materials. Katie Hamann reporting for Australia Network News writes that the new discoveries off ...
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Tokyo’s new governor, Naoki Inose, announced the city would subsidize companies with a project to mine rare earth elements from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island, to the southeast of Tokyo. The Asahi Shimbum reports that ...
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Disputes between China and Japan over offshore territory have proceeded a step further with both countries competing for exploratory licenses to large swathes of the Pacific Ocean floor. The UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ...
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Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) has announced that its new Project Phoenix heavy rare earth concentrate facilities situated at Mountain Pass in California have commenced operation, marking the beginning of the US company's bid to challenge Chinese ...
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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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China's strangehold on the global supply of rare earth metals is shaking up diplomatic and trade ties in Asia as rival economies seek alternative sources of the key industrial materials. World Politics Review (paywall) reports that ...
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Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals, recycling the contents of abandoned household appliances and electronic devices. The China Daily reports that a total of 56 ...
The volume of rare earth minerals legally exported from China for the first half of 2012 plunged by 42.7% year-on-year to hit 4,908 tonnes according to statistics from China's customs authorities. According to the US edition of the China ...
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Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong announced on Tuesday that they have shut down nine rare earth mines operating illegally in Longchuan county over the past six months. According to a Xinhua news report, police in Heyuan ...
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State-owned Indian Rare Earths Ltd. (IREL) has applied for approval from the Odisha (Orissa) state government for a rare earth exploration permit on a 2,500ha coastal land package at Bramhagiri in Puri district. The Atomic Minerals ...
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U.S.-based Molycorp, Inc., one of the only non-Chinese producers of rare earths, announced today that its proven and probable reserves of rare earth minerals at its Mountain Pass, California facility have increased by 36%, according to a ...
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The USA's largest rare earth producer Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) is mounting a credible challenge to Chinese rare earth dominance by dramatically scaling up output and potentially increasing its global market share to 30% from 4% at present. ...
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Reuters reported that Australia's Lynas Corporation expects to start processing rare earth minerals from a plant in Malaysia next month despite opposition from environmentalists over health concerns. Mr Nick Curtis chairman of Lynas said ...
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