Steenkampskraal mine refurbishment project, South Africa

Great Western Minerals Group has reported that it is progressing well with the refurbishment of the Steenkampskraal rare earths mine.

Great Western CEO’s exit all part of the plan – analyst

Great Western Metals, which plans to sell $80-million in convertible bonds to build a rare earths facility in South Africa, said on Friday Jim Engdahl will step down as CEO. “My stated objective was to position the company for rapid growth with...

Steenkampskraal mine refurbishment project, South Africa

Great Western Minerals Group has negotiated a heads of terms with Ganzhou Qiandong Rare Earth Group of China to build a rare earth separation plant.

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.

Rare earths separation plant, South Africa

Construction of the proposed rare earths separation plant is scheduled to start in early 2012.

Great Western to build SA rare earths separation plant with Chinese partner

Rare earths junior Great Western Minerals on Monday said it had signed a heads of terms agreement with China’s Ganzhou Qiandong Rare Earth Group (GQD) to build a rare earths separation plant in South Africa, where it also hopes to build a mine....

Great Western eyeing rare earths from SA titanium tailings

Great Western Minerals could more than double production at its South Africa rare earths project if it strikes a deal to extract the valuable elements from waste that companies including Exxaro Resources and Richards Bay Minerals generate from...

Great Western in rare earths cooperation with Toyota

Great Western Minerals, which last week announced it would accelerate as well as double production at its South African rare earths mine, on Wednesday said it had inked a cooperation accord with a unit of Japan’s Toyota conglomerate. Under the...

Great Western to accelerate, double production at SA rare earth mine

TSX V-listed Great Western Minerals rose nearly 7% on Thursday after the company unveiled plans to double production and accelerate development at its rare earth elements project in South Africa. The firm said it had issued a tender for the...

Rare-earths separation plant, South Africa

The project plans to build a rare-earths separation plant to process the mixed rare-earth chloride from the Steenkampskraal mine, north of Cape Town.

Great Western inks alloys supply deal with Electron

Canada-based Great Western Minerals Group (GWMG) said on Monday that it had signed an agreement to supply US magnet manufacturer Electron Energy with some rare earth alloys. The company, which owns the Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, signed...