The much-anticipated Tesla Model S, which started production last week, uses a lot of aluminum, and that has industry groups pleased as punch. Alcoa and the Aluminum Association released laudatory statements abut the Tesla Model S, a ...
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The World Trade Organization will investigate China's quotas and tariffs on rare earth minerals following prompting from the US, EU and Japan, who allege the export restrictions are in contravention of international trade regulations. ...
Greenland’s treasure trove of rare earth metals, the largest deposit outside of China, cannot be mined because the elements are connected to restricted radioactive materials. Several reports, such as The Epoch Times’ latest ...
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Shares of rare earth miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE:MCP) were falling Thursday morning as the company’s president and chief executive, Mark Smith, left without explanation and the company revealed it was under investigation from the United ...
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Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV : TSM) (Frankfurt : T61) (NYSE MKT : TAS). Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in three new rare ...
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Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) has seen its share price sink to abysmal lows following numerous problems in 2012, leaving the American rare earth producer a highly appealing takeover target. Bloomberg reports that Molycorp, which owns the USA's ...
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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or "the Company") is pleased to comment on the recent announcement that the Chinese government intends to implement a stockpile of critical rare earth oxides, including ...
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Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp has closed a private placement financing raising almost USD 0.4 million. The placement was made up of 2.98 million units at a price of 12.5 cents each, for total proceeds of USD 373,020. Each unit ...
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China's Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Group one of the largest producers of rare earth minerals in the world, announced that it has signed agreements with 12 Inner Mongolia based upstream rare earth enterprises and their ...
Chinese regulators have announced the export quota for the country’s rare earth metal production today. For the first half of 2013, the Ministry of Commerce said that it will allow just over 15,500 tonnes to leave the country. ...
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China's largest rare-earth producer said Tuesday it would suspend output at some plants for another month,extending a halt started in late October to try and stem falling prices. Baotou Steel Rare-Earth will halt firing,smelting and ...
China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
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White LED with high light efficiency, long life, energy saving, environmental protection and other significant advantages of green lighting and information display has broad application prospects in the field. At present, the core material ...
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