Chicago startup HEVT (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies) is on the brink of commercializing a new type of electric motor which unlike its conventional predecessors does not require the usage of rare earth metals. Gigaom reports that ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Rare Earths, USA, Metallurgy
Frontier Rare Earths Limited (TSX: FRO) jumped 10% on Tuesday on higher than usual trading volumes, after the company said it is in advanced talks with Korea Resources Corporation – owned by the Asian nation's government – to ...
Tags: Africa, Rare Earth, South Africa, South Korea
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – April 10, 2012) - Geomega Resources Inc. ("GéoMégA" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:GMA) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche (the "Second ...
Tags: Canada, Quebec, Rare Earth, Rare Earths
In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious metal commodity on April 8. According to The China Post, the ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Rare Earth Elements, Rare Earths
Thousands of protesters have been converging on Lynas Corporation's new rare earths processing facility in Malaysia according to reports. The Australian producer's website was also hacked over the weekend. According to the Sydney ...
Tags: Australia, Malaysia, Rare Earth
In what could be considered a slight victory for embattled Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC), the Malaysian High Court ruled today against a request to review a recent decision to grant the Lynas a temporary licence ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia, Rare Earth
On Thursday Australia's Lynas Corp (ASX:LYC) won the latest of a series of long-dragged legal battles against activists, which took the company to court for allegedly causing major health and environmental damages to the Malaysian ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, China, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia
The High Court of Malaysia today rejected Australian miner Lynas Corp’s (ASX:LYC) application for an injunction against pressure groups that oppose the company’s rare earth plant (LAMP),informs The Malaysian Insider. ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, China, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia
Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage resources, protect the environment and curb illegal resource extraction. ...
Tags: China, Coal, Inner Mongolia, Rare Earth
Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation(ASX:LYC), has filed a defamation action against Malaysian protestors and opponents over their criticism of the company's rare earth plant (LAMP), which will process ores shipped from Western ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, China, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia
The United States should take a cue from Canada when it comes to speeding up the environmental approval of mining and energy projects. As US projects wither on the vine due to an excessive and Byzantine environmental approval process (as an ...
Tags: Asia, Canada, China, Rare Earth, USA
The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines said Tuesday it opened its final bid for the Badakhshan gold deposit, located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Dow Jones Commodities reports. Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani, said on ...
Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Lithium, Oil, Rare Earth
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 ...
Tags: China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Rare Earth, Rare Earths, USA
Chinese authorities have added 10,680 tonnes to the country's export allowance on the top of the 10,546 tonnes it had already allocated to 11 state-sanctioned miners this year. It is something of a meaningless exercise because during the ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, USA
Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years. Manufacturing firms in Japan were spurred to find alternatives to rare ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy