Japan and India have reached a basic agreement to jointly develop rare earths, used in the production of several high-tech goods from weapons to cell phones, and supply Tokyo with about 14% of its rare earth needs, reports The Mainichi. ...
Tokyo’s new governor, Naoki Inose, announced the city would subsidize companies with a project to mine rare earth elements from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island, to the southeast of Tokyo. The Asahi Shimbum reports that ...
Tags: Asia, China, Japan, Rare Earth
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
B&W Mechanical Handling Ltd. evolves into SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd. as of 1st of January 2013. This progression is a reflection of the tremendous success SAMSON™ equipment has always enjoyed worldwide. Right from the start, ...
Tags: Materials Handling, bulk materials, SAMSON, bulk handling solutions
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
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
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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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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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
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 ...
Tags: Finance, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
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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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 ...
Tags: Canada, Quebec, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
The United States should take a cue from Canada when it comes to speeding up the environmental approval of mining and energy projects. As US projects wither on the vine due to an excessive and Byzantine environmental approval process (as an ...
Tags: Asia, Canada, China, Rare Earth, USA