China is the world's largest producer and exporter of rare-earths. These are elements which are critical to the manufacturing of high-tech products, including smartphones, wind turbines and car batteries, among other things. However, ...
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The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the US, Europe and Japan in a dispute with China over its export restrictions on rare earth. China's rare earth industry – responsible for almost 90% of global output – ...
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While China continues to be the rare earth industry leader, producing about 92% of the global output, its share in global production has decreased steadily in recent years, a study by Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ...
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China's rare earth industry suffered a sharp drop in profits in 2013 despite modest revenue growth, a report said. Industry revenue was close to 77 billion yuan (12.6 billion US dollars) last year, up 7.9 percent, but profits fell 28.1 ...
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The State Council has agreed to form a major rare earth production corporation led by Ganzhou Rare Earth Group Co Ltd, the mayor of Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, said on Tuesday. The new rare earth group will become the largest of its kind ...
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Recently, according to data from the GTA, Russia is the country which with the most trade protectionism policy in the world in 2013, 20% of the world and the Belarus is not far behind. These policies are including reducing the quota of ...
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China will make more efforts to consolidate the rare earth industry and promote mergers led by 6 major producers, an official told Xinhua on Thursday. Following restructuring efforts in recent years, the rare earth industry now has six ...
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The recent crackdown on a major rare earth smuggling case has again raised concerns about China's illegal rare earth mining and trading. In November,customs of Baotou City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,the world's ...
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Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
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China is planning to further crack down on illegal rare earth mining and smelting companies by establishing a blacklist, State media reported on Wednesday. Citing anonymous sources from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, ...
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The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
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A dozen Chinese rare earth companies have formed an industrial alliance to sue Japan’s Hitachi Metals for holding invalid patents and infringing patent rights of Chinese companies. The legal process could start in early September in ...
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"China's rare earth ore exports have been rebounding monthly since February,"said Ma Rongzhang, secretary-general of the China Rare Earth Industry Association. But Ma and the association did not provide export figures for the first half. ...
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Disposing of dysprosium, terminating terbium, eliminating europium and nixing neodymium Shares of Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) plunged more than 22% to $8.33 in heavy volumes on Thursday after the rare earth miner served up more bad news to ...
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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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