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Posts from May 2009
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
An article posted to the Financial Times on Friday, May 29th caught my eye. Written by by Cole Latimer, Jieun Kim, Mia Tahara-Stubbs Yumin Wang (click here), I have included the entire content. ARTICLE: The Chinese acquisition of stakes in Australian rare earth miners Lynas Corporation and Arafura Resources has “caught the rest of the world sleeping,”
Continue reading "China’s rare earth monopoly threatens global suppliers, rival producers claim" »
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
This is an example of future lithiumdemand for the lithium-ion batteries in the hybrid vehicle. DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) will begin producing lithium-ion hybrid battery cells in Michigan next year after winning $148.5 million in state tax incentives. The company, partnering with Frances Saft Groupe (SAFT.FR), said it will spend $220 million to renovate
Continue reading "Johnson Controls To Build Hybrid Battery Cells In Michigan" »
The Dow Jones newswire carried an article yesterday titled: Rare Earth Element Cos Could See Next Bull Market Run. Excerpt: In Toronto, Commerce Resources is up 10 Canadian cents to 40 Canadian cents on 621,000 shares. Rare Element Resources is up 35 Canadian cents to C$1.30 on 633, 000 shares.” To read the rest of this article,
All of us have probably seen passing cars with dogs hanging out of the window with streams of saliva whipping away in the slipstream. We all know that dogs like to run, so there must be some pleasure of having wind in the face without the effort of running. Anyone who has had the pleasure of riding
Monday, May 25, 2009
When I was a kid, a magnet was a horseshoe-shaped piece of metal that made interesting shapes when run under a piece of paper sprinkled with iron filings. A light was just that… a light bulb. Cancer I knew was a dreaded disease. Today…well, cancer is still a dreaded disease, but much to my amazement, magnets and
Continue reading "Rare Metals Playing an Increased Role in Treating Cancer!" »
Friday, May 22, 2009
The electric car is coming… or at least that’s what the car industry is boasting. And Toronto Hydro, our local electric company is coming out early stating that its getting itself ready to meet the infrastructure needs to support the new mode of transportation. Yes, there is much controversy around the world as to any jurisdictions ability
Continue reading "Local utilities to serve as ‘gas stations’?" »
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Raremetalblog or RMB as the team likes to call it, is getting ready for a new and stronger content submission process. We want to be the international source for news, media and related information on rare metals. So if you have anything you think is relevant, please send to Stew at stew@pro-edge.com. Today, I found this
Continue reading "AVALON Rare Metals the 1st Company in Rare Metals Near Yellowknife." »
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
I would like to thank the Mercenary Geologist Michael S. “Mickey” Fulp for forwarding me the article Mark Smith: Why Rare Earth Metals Matter that was posted on May 15, 2009. EXCERPT: Tom Vulcan, rare earth metals reporter for HardAssetsInvestor.com, recently had the chance to speak in Washington, D.C., with Mark Smith, CEO of Molycorp Minerals LLC.
Continue reading "Interview by Tom Vulcan and Mark Smith on "Why Rare Earth Metals Matter"" »
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Avalon Rare Metals Inc.’s Donald S. Bubar, M.Sc., P.Geo, President and CEO is interviewed in a new episode of DealFlow on the subject of rare metals. The episode is set to air for the first time on CNBC World Saturday May 16, 2009 at 7 PM EST. Filmed in Toronto, Thor Lake and Copenhagen; this DealFlow episode
Friday, May 15, 2009
Every once in a while, one comes across an article that just leaves you saying, “Hey, this guy just gets it, He just gets it” (I could have easily said ‘She’, but I’m not sure James Burnell in this case would have appreciated it). Dr. Burnell’s article appeared in the March/April 2009 edition of The Professional Geologist
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Better Place demonstrated its swap station for rapid exchange of lithium-ion batteries in Yokahama, Japan earlier this week. Both Israel and Denmark have embraced this infrastructure from Better Place and Renault-Nissan will build as many cars as there is demand for from those two countries. The press coverage was extensive of this event with articles in The
Continue reading "Lithium-ion Battery Swap Stations for Cars" »
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
I am always amazed at what scientists and engineers uncover, discover and recover… and the solar panel technology world is no exception. Be it for panels on the roof, on the ground solar farms, and solar thermal, or for monocrystalline, amorphous silicon, multi-junction, and thin film CIGS technologies, a lot of work and tangible results are being
Monday, May 11, 2009
These last few weeks have seen a number of interesting announcements, which are certainly changing the landscape of the future rare earth supply. Molycorp Minerals Corp’s (USA) announcement that it wished to take a controlling interest in Canada’s Great Western Minerals Corp (however exclusive negotiations subsequently broke down), Jiangsu Eastern China Non-Ferrous Metal’s acquisition of a 25%
Continue reading "China cuts back on rare earth production – AGAIN! … Or are they?" »
Thursday, May 07, 2009
What goes from zero to 100kmh in 4 seconds with only the sound of a chain drive and rubber on pavement? It’s the Zero S motor bike that goes 100km one $1 dollar of electricity. How’s that for clean and cost efficient travel? Philippe Devos in the Globe Mail dated May 7, 2009 describes this new street
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Found this Jack Lifton blog today titled: China and India Vie for the Worlds Natural Resources, Part 1: China in Australia. Continue to watch and search for information to develop my understanding on REEs and their rising demand as associated with green energy and clean technology applications. Just returned from the Global Milken Conference in LA where
Continue reading "China Today - Monopoly Producer of Rare Earth Elements (REEs)" »
Monday, May 04, 2009
Pro-edge Consultants Inc. (www.pro-edge.com) investor relations client AVALON Rare Metals Inc. (TSX: AVL) writes and distributes industry bulletins to their shareholders and interested parties that subscribe on their website at www.avalonraremetals.com.The Pro-edge team foundthis relevant for the Raremetalblog or RMB as we like to call it -- INDUSTRY BULLETIN: China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Group to acquire control
Continue reading "Third Australian Company Aquired by Chinese Interests this Year." »
Friday, May 01, 2009
On April 27th, US President Obama formally announced, in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences, his intention to increase US public and private spending on Basic Research to 3% of GDP. As Alex Kaplun reported in his article in Scientific American (April 27th), this policy initiative roughly translates to 150 billion dollars of expenditure in
Continue reading "Breakthrough Technologies Will Be Championed, at least by Others" »
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