India is already building a rare-earth mineral processing plant in the east coast state of Orissa and will invest $135 million in a new exploration ship and the refurbishing of another vessel to mine minerals under its oceans. Only last ...
Tags: Asia, Copper, Equipment News, Gold, India, Rare Earth, Suppliers News
The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were "new problems" to deal with. China will ...
Tags: China, Coal, Copper, Finance, Iron Ore, Lead, Nickel, Potash, Rare Earth, Zinc
The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development." Announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe ...
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Entering in the penultimate year before the general elections in 2014 aspirations are soaring high about an imminent policy push by the government to kindle growth and demand in economy. Even the year is expected to end on a dour note ...
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According to the latest'Resources and Energy Quarterly'report from Australia's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics,World steel consumption will jump around 4%to 1.55 billion tonnes in 2013. Usage in China is also forecast to increase ...
Tags: steel production, Resources and Energy Quarterly'report, BREE, India
A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says the financial performance of global mining companies and their stock prices headed in opposite directions last year. The Toronto-based consulting firm says the top 40 global mining firms ...
Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Coal, Copper, Diamond, Finance, Gold, Iron Ore
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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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 ...
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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 ...
Tags: Canada, Exploration, PELE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES INC., Rare Earth, Uranium
Junior miner Matamec Explorations, currently developing the Kipawa rare earths project in western Quebec, Canada, said on Monday it had started a pilot plant to enable the continuous processing of ore samples. The Montreal-based company ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Tags: China, Gold, Japan, Rare Earth
US-based rare earth miners, Molycorp (NYSE:MCP), gets a foothold in Asia after completing its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Canadian-based Neo Material Technologies Inc. (TSX:NEM). Neo Material is a worldwide company that makes parts for ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, USA