No major changes in Chinese REE export update, says analyst

The updated 2012 rare earths export quotas China published on Thursday implied a total of 31 438 t for the year, a slight increase on 2011’s figure, consultancy Technology Metals Research (TMR) said. The Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) in...

Graphite proving resilient in tough markets, constrained supply expected

It would seem as if there is a new darling in the minerals market, as investor interest in graphite was seen rocketing over the past year. From a total of about four listed companies making it their business to supply hungry markets with the...

Molycorp lifts Mountain Pass reserves 27%

Rare earth producer Molycorp on Monday said it boosted reserves at its Californian Mountain Pass mine by 27% to 1.3-million tons of the metals in their oxide form. CEO Mark Smith said exploration drilling at the project could continue to grow...

Tasman's PEA gives Norra Karr a $1.46bn value

Vancouver-based Tasman Metals on Wednesday published the results of a scoping study at its Norra Karr rare earths project in southern Sweden, sketching out a mine that would cost $290-million to build, and have a $1.46-billion net present value....

Company Announcement: Industrial minerals JV with Energizer Resources

Malagasy Minerals Industrial Minerals JV with Canada’s Energizer Resources Inc POTENTIAL GRAPHITE CAMP DISCOVERY Malagasy Minerals Limited (“Malagasy”) (ASX: MGY) advises that its Joint Venture Partner Energizer Resources Inc of Canada has...

Great Western finalises rare-earths deal with Chinese company

Great Western Minerals said on Tuesday it penned a joint venture pact with Ganzhou Qiandong Rare Earth Group, a Chinese firm, to build a separations plant to process material from the TSX-V-listed company’s Steenkampskraal operation in South...

Fuel cells provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs

Hydrogen fuel cells using platinum catalysts are efficient, versatile and scaleable and represent a proven technology that bestows clean, reliable and cost-effective power.

Fuel cells provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs

Hydrogen fuel cells using platinum catalysts are efficient, versatile and scaleable and represent a proven technology that ensures clean, reliable and cost-effective power. This is a strong endorsement of the long-studied fuel-cell technology....

'Hundreds of thousands of jobs', clean power from fuel cells – Anglo

The window of opportunity is “wide open” for South Africa to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and simultaneously obtain a source of clean of emission-free power, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll said in Durban. “With platinum at...

Modern world wouldn't have smart phones, wind turbines, toothpaste without mined minerals

Mining and the minerals are integral to modern society and really matter for the growth and development of South Africa. Chamber of Mines of South Africa senior executive Roger Baxter has pointed out in talks to the media, mining and minerals are...

Ucore gets US govt support for rare earths project

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted rare earths explorer Ucore Rare Metals priority permitting for its Bokan project in Alaska, which the company said on Wednesday would cut at least a year off its development schedule. “This...

China's rare earth export quotas

China has announced its latest export quotas for rare earth elements, the critical metals that it accounts for over 95% of world supply. Many of these elements are in a supply shortage, and are necessary to make products such as wind turbines,...