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By Philip Burgert |
March 13, 2012
The United States, European Union and Japan have filed requests with the World Trade Organization for formal consultants with China on unfair export restraints of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum almost a year and a half after the launch of a US review of Chinese rare earths trade practices.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
March 9, 2012
Accessing a sustainable, and secure, supply of raw materials is going to become the number one priority for all countries. Increasingly we are going to see countries ensuring their own industries have first rights of access.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
February 9, 2012
Without critical materials many technologies, products, gadgets and toys, would not exist. The US used to be the world’s leader in development and production of high-tech magnets, it can be again, but not without required rare earth oxides.
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By Terence Van Der Hout |
September 6, 2011
Starting in mid 2009 tantalite ore prices began to increase dramatically. In less than a year, tantalite ore prices more than doubled, with prices in June 2011 peaking at $132 per pound. What has caused this rise?
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
July 18, 2011
The REEs, PGEs, lithium and cobalt are all truly critical to the functioning of our modern society. Access to raw materials at competitive prices has become essential to the functioning of all industrialized economies.
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By Dave Cohen |
August 31, 2010
This situation is explored in a report published by the Congressional Research Service in late July and recently posted to the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News Web site.
