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By Frank Holmes |
April 16, 2013
The U.S. mining industry was dealt a devastating blow as Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine experienced a pit wall failure causing a massive landslide with rocks and dirt covering the bottom of the mine pit.
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By JT Long |
August 22, 2012
Flakes are king in the graphite space, where large flake commands a substantial premium. But the path to production can be long and twisted, with many moving parts, the resource and tech investor shows in walking us through the funhouse.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
August 31, 2011
Chinese authorities are enforcing one of the most aggressive clamp downs in history in an effort to close down illegal rare earth mines in China's southern Jiangxi province, it is said, for environmental reasons.
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By Brian Sylvester |
June 7, 2011
Just what are critical metals? They are sometimes referred to as "strategic" or "technology" metals, but clear definitions for these terms often prove elusive and routinely depend on to whom you're talking.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
June 2, 2011
Interest in rare earths is starting to heat up once again, and it is something you should keep on your radar. China's Baotou Steel has announced its intention to start up the world's first rare earths exchange.
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By Marc Davis |
March 8, 2011
Vanadium has been creating quite a buzz in clean energy circles of late. And that is expected to give a big boost to production of the little-known metal in North America, including the first vanadium mine being developed in Nevada.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
February 24, 2011
Investors should expose themselves to the potential supply-demand constraints and rise in oil prices by purchasing developers with major assets in clean energy mineral sectors or by diversifying into new ETFs which track these sectors.
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 25, 2011
Don't look now, but vanadium demand is ramping up, the head of global research with Byron Capital Markets, says. The metal could see demand jump if battery manufacturers start using it to boost power output in lithium-vanadium cells
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 12, 2011
The head of global research with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets, handicaps most of the players in the lithium space and highlights a few that could be takeover targets.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
August 17, 2010
Interest in rare earths is starting to heat up in a dramatic fashion and it is something you should keep on your radar.