RCR forecasts tantalum, tungsten supply shortfall

Equity research company Resource Capital Research (RCR) is forecasting a possible supply shortfall for tantalum, tungsten and zircon. In its September quarter report for rare and minor metals (RMM), RCR noted that a tantalum supply shortfall is...

Avalon talks to buyers on offtake for rare-earths mine

Avalon Rare Metals, which hopes to start up its Nechalacho project, in Canada's Northwest Territories, in late 2015, has had expressions of interest from parties in Japan, Korea, the US and Europe on potential offtake agreements, CEO Don Bubar...

More rare-earth potential in Malawi

Malawi - The Malawian government’s department of geological surveys says its studies have unveiled rare-earth mining potential in a number of areas in the country, whose exploitation would lead Malawi to become one of the world’s major...