Molycorp, Inc. has reported that rare earth production in the fourth quarter of 2014 at its Mountain Pass, California facility increased year-on-year and nearly doubled that of the preceding quarter. Mountain Pass completed Q4 of 2014 ...
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China will appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against its ruling that China's regulation of its rare earth exports had violated WTO rules, an official said on Thursday. The appeal will be lodged Thursday, Chinese Ministry of ...
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The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices of cerium, yttrium and terbium oxide (rare earths used in ...
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The State Council has agreed to form a major rare earth production corporation led by Ganzhou Rare Earth Group Co Ltd, the mayor of Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, said on Tuesday. The new rare earth group will become the largest of its kind ...
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The recent crackdown on a major rare earth smuggling case has again raised concerns about China's illegal rare earth mining and trading. In November,customs of Baotou City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,the world's ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including rare earth and a list of enterprises eligible for export. Apart from rare earth, the first round of export quotas ...
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The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
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"China's rare earth ore exports have been rebounding monthly since February,"said Ma Rongzhang, secretary-general of the China Rare Earth Industry Association. But Ma and the association did not provide export figures for the first half. ...
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China is responsible for more than 95%of the global supply of rare earths and over the weekend the country'sMinistry of Land and Resources(MLR),announced that the first production quota for rare earths this year will be set at 46,900 ...
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Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) has seen its share price sink to abysmal lows following numerous problems in 2012, leaving the American rare earth producer a highly appealing takeover target. Bloomberg reports that Molycorp, which owns the USA's ...
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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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China is looking to allocate a value-added tax (VAT) permit to all rare earth companies in a desperate effort to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal mining and widespread pollution, as well as collecting revenue. By forcing rare ...
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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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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 ...
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