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By Philip Burgert |
February 10, 2012
The most optimistic of projections suggests a shortage of 20,000 tonnes of critical rare earth metals is likely to develop by 2015, a review of the sector’s status at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference here this week concluded.
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By Sally Lowder |
December 20, 2010
China's domination of the rare earth industry has led to very real fears about the future supply of these strategic metals. The head of Medallion Resources explains the supply bottleneck and how his company is working to solve it.
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By Philip Burgert |
November 5, 2010
Rare earth oxide miner Molycorp said it has agreed to sell more than 75% of its lanthanum production each year to W.R. Grace & Co. following expected 2012 completion of a new state-of-the-art production facility at its Mountain Pass Mine in California.
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By Jason Hamlin, Goldstockbull.com |
January 5, 2010
The investment community has discovered the potential returns from rare earths. Here's where some companies in this space stand today.