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
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 ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, USA
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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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
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
Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But ...
Tags: Rare earths, graphite, rare earth market, minerals
All dollar amounts stated below are in United States dollars. Third Quarter Ended March 31, 2012 Financial Highlights: The net loss for the third quarter ended March 31, 2012 totaled $5.3 million or $0.12 per share as compared to a net ...
Tags: Rare Element, financial results, net loss
Shareholders of Canadian rare earths processor Neo Material Technologies Inc., unanimously approved the takeover bid by Molycorp on Thursday, creating the industry's first integrated mines-to-magnets supplier. Under the terms of the deal ...
Tags: Neo Material Tech, rare earths processor, rare earths, miner, REE
News from unnamed sources that quoted unnamed analysts that China has started stockpiling rare earths had the industry buzzing this week. But unfortunately none of it had the desired effect and the stocks of REE miners and explorers ...
Tags: Rarest element, REE, rare earths industry, REE miners
In lunchtime trade on Friday Molycorp was changing hands for $19.93, down $1.14 or 5.4%, on bad news about global rare earth demand and as investors continue to digest the company's results out last week. On Friday customs data from China ...
Tags: rare earth, Rare earthquake, elements, Mountain Pass mine
In lunchtime trade Molycorp was changing hands for $24.37, down $1.06 or 4%, in reaction to a downgrade and as investors continue to digest the company's results out last week. TheStreet Ratings downgraded the rare earth miner from hold ...
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The future of outdoor lighting is constantly changing, LEDs, the reduction of electricity consumption, and even major feats like to removing oneself from the grid all together? The US Energy Information Association monitors energy usage in ...
Tags: LEDs, electricity consumption, energy, solar, wind
Siemens has announced that it plans to publicly list its Osram subsidiary in the autumn of 2011. The parent company has said it will continue to retain a minority stake in the lighting brand and that it will continue as a long-term ...
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A global taskforce comprising government authorities and industry body The Green Grid have selected three new metrics to improve a datacentre's energy-efficiency. The metrics are Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and ...
Tags: Green Energy Coefficient(GEC), Energy Reuse Factor(ERF)
Mr Pranab Mukherjee the President of India presented the 11 National Energy Conservation Awards 2012 to Indian Railways, the highest ever by any Indian industry, for the remarkable achievements by its Zonal Railways in Energy Conservation ...
Tags: Railways, Power, National Energy Conservation Award, Electrical