Iamgold publishes maiden rare earths resource at Niobec

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Midtier precious metals producer Iamgold Corporation on Thursday said it had a 466.8-million ton rare-earth element resource at a deposit just north of its Niobec mine in Quebec. The resource, hosted in carbonatite...

Rare earths demand to surge 33% by 2016, says Kingsnorth

Demand for rare-earth elements, used in a wide range of technologies from precision missiles to iPhones, will grow by about 33% from 2012 to 160 000 t in 2016, Industrial Minerals Company of Australia director Dudley Kingsnorth said on Thursday....

Further falls for rare earths prices, most juniors to disappear, says Lifton

Rare earths prices, which have plunged as users pursue alternatives and the broader economy stalls, are set for further drops, Technology Metals Research founding principal Jack Lifton said on Wednesday. While he does not see any further collapse...

Rare earths price jump no tulip mania, but correction likely

Dutch tulip mania – tulpengekte – is considered to be the first recorded speculative bubble in the global economy. The tulip was introduced to the Netherlands in 1593 by Flemish botanist Charles de l’Écluse, who apparently received it from...

Rare earths price jump no tulip mania, say experts, but correction likely for some elements

Dutch tulip mania – tulpengekte – is considered to be the first recorded speculative bubble in the global economy.

Radioactivity the '800lb gorilla' in rare earth's room

Technology Metals Research founding principal Jack Lifton said on Friday the “800-pound gorilla” in the room for rare-earths juniors was the uranium- and thorium-bearing waste their mines would produce. “This problem is universal,” he...

SA mine may dent China’s rare-earths dominance

Earlier this year, the increasingly tight rare earths supply situation prompted one environmental journalist in the US to exclaim that we should all kiss our wind turbines goodbye. To be fair, he did lean towards the more apocalyptic scenarios...

SA mine may make small, but significant, dent in China’s rare-earths market dominance

Earlier this year the increasingly tight rare earths supply situation prompted one environmental journalist in the US to exclaim that we should all kiss our wind turbines goodbye.

Rare earth demand rises, no supply increase seen outside China

Demand for rare-earth metals is increasing “exponentially”, primarily driven by demand for new technology, independent consultant and commentator Jack Lifton told delegates attending the 2010 Mining Indaba in Cape Town.

Rare earth demand rises, no supply increase seen outside China

Demand for rare-earth metals was increasing "exponentially", primarily driven by demand for new technology, independent consultant and commentator Jack Lifton said on Monday. He told delegates attending the 2010 Mining Indaba in Cape Town that...