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 ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
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 ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
China is responsible for more than 90% of the global supply of rare earths and a few years ago embarked on a crackdown on illegal rare earth mines and consolidation of the industry under a few large producers. Controversially the country ...
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What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of Gold Newsletter. Lundin, who also organizes the New ...
Tags: Finance, Gold, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN–(Marketwire – May 18, 2012) -Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (OTCQX:GWMGF) announces that the the escrow agent (see GWMG Media Release May 10, 2012: "GWMG ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire -03/21/12)-Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited ("GMEL" or "the Company") (ASX: GGG.AX - News) is pleased to announce the first mineral resource estimate for the 'Zone 2' multi-element deposit. ...
Tags: Exploration, Greenland, Rare Earth, Uranium
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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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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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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A day after rare earth producer Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) surprised investors with top line growth of 49% that sent its shares soaring after hours, the stock is falling again. This time traders are reacting to news that a formal investigation ...
Tags: Rare Earth, USA, Metallurgy
Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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The prelimary economic assessment for the Ashram rare earth deposit in Quebec shows "robust economics," says Canadian explorer Commerce Resources (TSX-V:CCE). The project is within the Eldor property located in the iron-ore rich region of ...
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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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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
After months of polemic and legal battles, Australian rare earths miner, Lynas (ASX:LYC), has finally begun production at its Malaysian processing plant following a recent court triumph. The company said Friday that the first rare-earth ...
Tags: Lynas, Malaysian, Rare Earths, Metallurgy