The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines said Tuesday it opened its final bid for the Badakhshan gold deposit, located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Dow Jones Commodities reports. Mines Minister, Wahidullah Shahrani, said on ...
Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Lithium, Oil, Rare Earth
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 ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
China's strangehold on the global supply of rare earth metals is shaking up diplomatic and trade ties in Asia as rival economies seek alternative sources of the key industrial materials. World Politics Review (paywall) reports that ...
Tags: China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Rare Earth, Rare Earths, USA
Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals, recycling the contents of abandoned household appliances and electronic devices. The China Daily reports that a total of 56 ...
The volume of rare earth minerals legally exported from China for the first half of 2012 plunged by 42.7% year-on-year to hit 4,908 tonnes according to statistics from China's customs authorities. According to the US edition of the China ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy
Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong announced on Tuesday that they have shut down nine rare earth mines operating illegally in Longchuan county over the past six months. According to a Xinhua news report, police in Heyuan ...
Tags: Guangdong Province, Metallurgy, Mineral Energy, Rare Earth Mines
Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral Energy, Rare Earth
State-owned Indian Rare Earths Ltd. (IREL) has applied for approval from the Odisha (Orissa) state government for a rare earth exploration permit on a 2,500ha coastal land package at Bramhagiri in Puri district. The Atomic Minerals ...
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Amur Minerals Corporation the nickel copper sulphide exploration and resource development company focused on the far east of Russia, is pleased to provide an update on the Kun-Manie mining licence application. This follows communications ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, nickel copper
Sesa Goa has acquired the remaining 49% of the outstanding common shares of Western Cluster Limited from Elenilto Minerals & Mining LLC, Delaware, for a cash consideration of USD 33.5 million. Post this transaction, Sesa's shareholding in ...
Tags: Minerals, Mining, iron ore business, iron ore
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
This month China will start forcing rare earth producers out of business if they don’t qualify for new value-added tax permits being allocated. It’s China’s latest bid to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal ...
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The rare earths business isn't unlike a Formula One race, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice-president and senior analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. Companies are speeding to reach production and find strategic partners to grease the ...
Tags: rare earths business, rare earths, Critical Metals, Metals
With so many moving variables in the rare earth space, how can investors evaluate investment opportunities? Siddharth Rajeev of Fundamental Research Corp. finds his top prospects by zeroing in on a specific material and tracking its growth ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Rare Earth Metals, rare earth export, Critical Metals
The Critical Metals Report: John, a recent Brookings Institution report suggested that greater collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies would alleviate tensions over tightening rare earth markets. Is the proposed merger between the ...
Tags: Rare earth, Critical Metals, rare earth markets, REEs