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By Brian Sylvester |
November 21, 2012
There are few mining sectors where chemistry, metallurgy and the supply chain meet in such a complex yet potentially profitable way as rare earths. The founding principal of Technology Metals Research gives an update on projects are closest to production,
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By Mark O'Byrne |
November 7, 2012
Gold fell slightly in Asia prior to eking out further gains and rising above $1,730/oz in early European trading after President Obama was confirmed as the next president of the United States.
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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 JT Long |
August 1, 2012
Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses.
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By Gareth Hatch |
April 13, 2012
While graphite appears to have come out of nowhere to become the new darling of the junior-mining investment community, it is an important industrial material with a wide range of uses.
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By Gareth Hatch |
April 10, 2012
On Monday Molycorp announced that the estimated proven and probable reserves at its Mountain Pass rare-earth deposit in California have increased by 36%, based on the SEC’s Industry Guide 7 for making such estimates.
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By Gareth Hatch |
March 1, 2012
In the past couple of years the European Union has been increasingly focused on issues concerning strategic materials, including the REEs, and in that context, Norra Kärr is seen within the EU as a strategic asset.
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By Gareth Hatch |
December 29, 2011
In the announcement from the ministry, it was stated that the first round of quota allocations (totaling 24,904 t) will represent 80% of the quota allocations for 2012, which indicates that the total for the coming year will be 31,130 t of rare earths
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By Zig Lambo |
December 22, 2011
The founder and CEO of Alfidi Capital gives a rundown of his due diligence checklist and shares some junior companies poised for success in this exciting, yet now challenging sector.
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By Gareth Hatch |
December 20, 2011
Take a deep breath, folks. Being a materials scientist by training, I am naturally a big fan of ongoing research and development work. I am much less of a fan of the now well-worn path of hype disguised as scientific breakthroughs