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By Anthony J. Alfidi |
March 14, 2012
Molycorp has been consistently ahead of the game in rare earth metal production. They were first to see the potential in reactivation of the old Mountain Pass rare earth motherlode. Now they're the first REE producer to move toward large-scale vertical integration.
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 13, 2012
Dr. Michael Berry, publisher of Morning Notes and a former portfolio manager, and Chris Berry, founder of House Mountain Partners and Morning Notes co-author, discuss what early-stage mines close to home could be the first to bolster supply in US.
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By Brian Sylvester |
August 18, 2011
Rare earth elements make possible many technology improvements. The cofounder of Wall St. for Main St. and president of Kerr Trading share the names of the rare earth element companies to watch as the market grows.
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By Brian Sylvester |
August 12, 2011
End-users are emerging as key players in the rare earth space. In this interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jon Hykawy shares his views on where this trend is headed
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By Jack Lifton |
July 26, 2011
The "horse race" theme that I devised two years ago, with the winner to be the first to produce heavy rare-earth oxides (HREOs) outside of China, is now in the final lap. The smart money is on the smart management of Great Western Minerals Group.
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By Jack Lifton |
May 9, 2011
I guess that there's no need now to worry about the future supply of the rare-earth metals. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that Goldman Sachs says the rare earth supply shortage situation will end in 2013.
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By Philip Burgert |
February 1, 2011
Susan Shabangu, minister of mineral resources for South Africa, will welcome more than 4,500 confirmed delegates next week to the 17th annual Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
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By Minefund.com |
January 21, 2011
Early next month thousands of delegates will converge on Cape Town to participate in one of the world's most important mining capital formation and distribution processes - Investing in African Mining Indaba.
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By Jack Lifton |
January 18, 2011
The real question is how much of the higher costs of rare earths can be absorbed by the Chinese supply chain before increases in cost for value-add rise, to where a competitive supply chain can be economic in a foreign (to China) country.
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By Jack Lifton |
October 1, 2010
These ventures all have one thing in common, which is that most of the money required by all of them is required just to produce ore concentrates. The problem with this goal is that the ore concentrate stage is the lowest point in the value chain.
