The High Court of Malaysia today rejected Australian miner Lynas Corp’s (ASX:LYC) application for an injunction against pressure groups that oppose the company’s rare earth plant (LAMP),informs The Malaysian Insider. ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, China, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia
Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage resources, protect the environment and curb illegal resource extraction. ...
Tags: China, Coal, Inner Mongolia, Rare Earth
Modernization and upgrade of existing facilities 1.The Company continued a major modernization program of its foundries across its Russian aluminium smelters in order to increase the production of value added products.The share of VAP ...
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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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Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation(ASX:LYC), has filed a defamation action against Malaysian protestors and opponents over their criticism of the company's rare earth plant (LAMP), which will process ores shipped from Western ...
Tags: Asia, Australia, China, Lynas Corp, Lynas Corporation Ltd., Malaysia
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
SGS Geostat has determined a base case Inferred mineral resource of 219.8 million tonnes containing 1.88% TREO, an Indicated mineral resource of 27.7 million tonnes containing 1.90% TREO, and a Measured mineral resource of 1.6 million ...
Tags: Canada, Commerce Resources Corp., Rare Earth, Rare earth metals
The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, global ranking agency Fitch Ratings revealed Thursday. According to the firm’s experts, a gloomy macroeconomic ...
Tags: Africa, Coal, Finance, Gold, Iron Ore, Platinum, Potash, Rare Earth, Silver
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
Alaska Dispatch has published an interactive map plotting Alaska's operating mines, active prospects and abandoned prospects. Assembled by Ground-Truth Trekking, the map allows the user to click on one of the state's 75 mineral prospects, ...
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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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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
Ailing economic growth in China is beginning to take a toll on miners and suppliers in the United States. Dwindling exports to the Middle Kingdom across a swathe of US industries would appear to strongly substantiate reports that the ...
Tags: China, Equipment News, Rare Earth, Suppliers News, USA