Engineering giant to establish JV and open new manufacturing facility

Global engineering company Siemens and ASX 100-listed company Lynas Corporation signed a letter of intent earlier this year, to establish a joint venture (JV) for the production of neodymium-based rare-earth magnets.

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.

Malawi has significant potential for rare-earth elements – Geological Survey

Malawi’s Geological Survey Department (GSD) and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Economic Corporation (JOGMEC) have completed a ground-truthing exercise that has confirmed that Malawi has a number of unexploited areas with potential for...

Many rare earths hopefuls scrambling for a piece of the action

International auditing firm Ernst & Young says there is a global perception that the world can expect a supply shortfall of the rare earths over the next three to five years, as China accounts for 97% of global rare earths production and is...

Lynas confirms talks to sell Crown deposit

Rare earths developer Lynas Corporation on Tuesday confirmed that it was in discussions regarding the possible sale of its Crown polymetallic deposit, at the Mount Weld project, in Western Australia. Local media speculated that the company was in...

Lynas boosts rare-earths resource at Duncan deposit threefold

ASX-listed Lynas Corporation has renamed its Southern Zone deposit to the Duncan deposit, and has increased its rare earths resource estimate three-fold, to 7,62-million tons, grading at 4,8% for a total of 366 000 t of rare-earth oxide. The...

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs) are a bit of a conundrum. For one, they are not actually rare. They are found in much higher quantities and much greater concentration than precious...

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs), are a bit of a conundrum.

Australian rare-earth-miner acquires large, long-life resource

Australia-based rare-earth-miner Lynas Corporation has acquired a rare-earth-mining operation at Kangankunde, in Malawi�s southern district of Balaka.

Explorer in cash-raising exercise

A 1 400 km2 tenement package in one of the 'hot spots' for Australian gold exploration – the Ashburton mineral province of northern Western Australia – forms the basis of new $4-million exploration initial public offering (IPO),...

Will gold's bad run ever end?

Only time will tell if the dollar-gold price will find stability, and the precious metal, once again, becomes a favourable source of investment as a risk and portfolio diversifier.