China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 65 remained unchanged on 28/12/2012.The largest rises were DOP (1.34%),Hydrofluoric acid (0.88%),Silver (0.68%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 27/12/2012.The largest rises were Iron ore (2.54%),Natural rubber (0.91%),Steel I bean ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,13 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 64 remained unchanged on 21/12/2012.The largest rises were Polyester yarn (1.40%),Ethylene glycol (1.19%),Benzene ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,27 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 48 remained unchanged on 24/12/2012.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (1.86%),Palm Oil (0.95%),Wheat (0.92%),while ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 44 remained unchanged on 17/12/2012.The largest rises were SBR (3.36%),Iron ore (2.61%),Adipic acid (2.27%),while the ...
Tags: SBR, Iron ore, Adipic acid, Dysprosium oxide, Acrylic acid, Polysilicon
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Colorado Republican congressman Mike Coffman managed to tie together a popular video game, US President Barack Obama and rare earth mining in an op-ed published in The Washington Times last week. Even by the not very high standards of ...
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Canadian rare earths explorer Pele Mountain Resources (TSX-V:GEM) closed up 18% on Monday after the Toronto company announced an updated PEA on its Eco Ridge project. The project near Elliott Lake, Ontario,is now looking at a 9,000 tpd ...
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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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