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Posts from August 2009
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Monday, August 31, 2009
The Globe and Mail published an article written by Steve Gorman this morning under the title above. The article included the following two lines. Among the rare earths that would be most affected in a shortage is neodymium, the key component of an alloy used to make the high-power, lightweight magnets for electric motors of hybrid cars,
Continue reading "MEDIA: As Hybrid Cars Gobble Rare Metals, Shortage Looms" »
August 31, 2009 (Source: Discover) - The dream of hydrogen fuel cell cars has just been put back in the garage. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that his department is cutting all funding for hydrogen car research, saying that it won’t be a feasible technology anytime soon. “We asked ourselves, ‘Is it likely in the
Continue reading "MEDIA: Hydrogen Car Goes Down Like the Hindenburg: DoE Kills the Program" »
Friday, August 28, 2009
August 26, 2009 (Source: The StarPhoenix) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG) said Tuesday it has closed a private placement of about $760,000 US. The Saskatoon-based company will use the funds for payment of outstanding accrued interest to debenture holders who financed the purchase of Less Common Metals Ltd. last year. GWMG said the proceeds will
August 27, 2009 (Source: Seeking Alpha) - Lithium-ion is the best battery technology now available for vehicles, but could tap out its promise by the end of the next decade. Thats the view of Ted Miller, senior manager of energy storage research for Ford Motor Co. (F), who was speaking Wednesday at an energy storage conference at
Continue reading "MEDIA: The Limits of Lithium-Ion Batteries, According to Ford" »
During a good discussion with our blog contributorfran, the question of non-defense applications of rare earth permanent magnets came up. Certainly most of us are aware of the use of such materials in motors and generators. But there are hundred of other applications for magnets - and not just as simple components. By combining magnets and arranging
Continue reading "BLOG: 7 Lesser Known Applications of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets" »
Thursday, August 27, 2009
August 27, 2009 (Source: Semiconductor-today)- Toronto-based Neo Material Technologies Inc, which produces neodymium-iron-boron magnetic powders, rare earths and zirconium-based engineered materials for applications including mobile phones and micro-chips, has agreed to acquire privately held Recapture Metals Ltd of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Recapture produces, reclaims and refines high-value niche metals and their compounds used mainly in the wireless,
Continue reading "MEDIA: Neo Material to acquire Recapture Metals" »
The rare metals world, especially with the anticipated potential supply/demand imbalance anticipated in the mid-to-longer term, has been buzzing this past several months and even deafening this last couple of weeks. There is also a growing appreciation (I’m not sure if its an understanding or and not as yet an internalization) that the full realization of alternative
Itlooks as if we’ll be watching TV or looking at displays or computers screens a bit differently before too long. As Phil Berardelli’s noted in his article A Thousand Pinpoints of Light posted on ScienceNOW Daily News (August 20th) “Imagine cardboard-thin TV screens that stretch across entire walls or portable video screens that can be rolled up
Continue reading "BLOG: Flexible Inorganic LEDs May Lead To Roll-Up Computer Displays" »
August 27, 2009 (Source: Metal Pages) - Growth in the alternative energy industry could be derailed by a severe shortage of rare earths following plans by the Chinese government to tighten control of the country’s rare earth production and exports, according to a leading rare earths consultant. “Is there a possibility of a catastrophe here in the
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
This morning I received an email asking me to post this blog from a respected source in the industry. He started: ...this is one of the best reasons to pursue the mining and refining of rare earths in North America and Australia that I have ever read. If the global warming issue fizzles, as I believe it
Continue reading "BLOG: Lithium-Ion Batteries Not Ready for Prime Time?" »
August 26, 2009 (Source: TheGreenCarWebsite) - Currently, China mines more than 95 per cent of the world’s rare earth metals and now a draft report by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Beijing is proposing a ban on exports of several of those rare metals. If the proposals are passed, the metals terbium, dysprosium, yttrium,
Continue reading "MEDIA: Could restriction on metal exports affect electric motors?" »
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Company Symbol August25,2009 (Globeinvestorgold.com) LatestPrice Change Volume Net % Avalon Rare Metals AVL-T 2.580 0.400 18.35 818,473 Great Western Minerals Group GWG-X 0.235 0.035 17.50 10,040,117 Neo Material Technologies NEM-T 3.230 -0.050 -1.52 1,400,305 Rare Element Resources RES-X 3.090 -0.140 -4.33 350,808
Telegraph.co.uk, by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - August 24, 2009 (Full Story) -- Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons. A draft report by China’s Ministry
Continue reading "MEDIA: World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports" »
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Click Here- Aug. 25, 2009) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (PINK SHEETS:GWMGF) announced today that it has closed a private placement of USD$760,235 (approximately C$816,667) (Face Amount) of secured convertible debentures of the Company (the Debentures), subject to regulatory approval. The Debentures were sold at a price of approximately
Continue reading "NEWS: Great Western Minerals Group Closes Private Placement" »
...I had the pleasure of having breakfast at CORAs this morning with Gary L. Billingsley, C.A., P.Eng., P.Geo., Executive Chairman and Jim Engdahl, President and CEO for Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. They arein Toronto todayfrom Saskatoon and as you know, RareMetalBlog is covering Great Western Minerals as one of the super seven companies in the Rare
Continue reading "MEDIA: Great Western Minerals on BNN Today at 11:30 AM EST." »
Arafura Managing Director Alistair Stephens has been getting a of press globally on his comments about draft Chinese laws to potentially ban heavy rare earth elements (HREE). Our friend Graeme Irvine in London wrote this morning’s London Irvine Report about the article in The Times. Graeme was a commodity broker dealer in both New York and the
Continue reading "BLOG: Policies in China and the US Forming on Heavy Rare Earth Elements" »
Monday, August 24, 2009
August 24, 2009 (Source: Mineweb) -- A progressing bankable feasibility study on the Nolans project has seen Arafura claim that, based on earlier assessments, it will have improved performances including rare earths recovery in the chemical process, greater phosphoric acid recovery, a decreased use of reagents, and improved product quality for fertiliser-grade phosphoric acid it would produce.
Continue reading "MEDIA: Arafura bullish about progress at its Nolans rare earths Project" »
August 24, 2009 (Source: Neo Material Technologies Inc.) --Neo Materials Technologies Inc.and privately held Recapture Metals Limited of Peterborough, Ontario (Recapture) jointly announced the signing of agreements today whereby Neo will acquire 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Recapture. The transaction is expected to close on August 31, 2009.Recapture produces, reclaims, refines and markets high
Continue reading "NEWS: Neo Material Technologies To Acquire Recapture Metals Limited" »
August 24, 2009 (Source: Telegraph) - Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons. A draft report by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Continue reading "MEDIA: World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports" »
Gday folks! My apologies for not posting in a while - I see though that in my absence, the RareMetalBlog is busier than ever, which is great!I took some time away to do research for a new white paper titled Running the Gauntlet: Rare Earths, Specialty Metals and Turf Wars Within the Beltway. I decided to put
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Two stories appeared yesterday (August 22nd), one in the Wall Street Journal and the other on Chinesestock.com, which clearly demonstrate China’s BYD (Build Your Dream’) drive (...excuse the expression) and confidence in the US electric car market and lithium batteries. The following are the full text of the two articles, as they kind of speak for themselves...
Continue reading "MEDIA: China's BYD - Mass Producer of Lithium Car Batteries and Electric Cars" »
Saturday, August 22, 2009
No… Not me! I don’t have that kind of energy. I do however have a passion for rare earths, so if an article contain such, even indirectly –like LEDs… I’m there. The following story, picked up crossed the wires the day before last, on BusinessGreen.com (part of the Guardian Environment Network) … “Traffic lights at 300 junctions
Continue reading "BLOG: London turns 3,500 traffic lights 'green'" »
Friday, August 21, 2009
Our friends at CNBC interviewed the head of Rockwood Holdings, the largest producer of lithium in the US this week. Mr. Seifi Ghasemi talked about the global supply and demand as well as his company’s 40 year history of lithium production in the United States. In his view there is no global shortage however for any concerned
August 21, 2009 (Source: MoneyWeek) -- Lithium extraction in Chiles Atacama desert Its a lovely feeling when you own a stock and the chart goes vertical. Its not a common occurrence and its one that seems to be reserved for small caps, particularly those in the technology and mineral exploration sectors, which explains the draw they have
Continue reading "MEDIA: The next big investment bubble - obscure metals" »
Over the last several months, the news reports on the subject of rare earths and rare metals swirl around China as the ‘supplier of all resort’ (and soon to be not), Japan and the US’s insatiable need for the commodities, Australia’s bowing to Chinese investment, and more recently Greenland and Kazakhstan. Canada of course offers real solutions
Continue reading "BLOG: You Say Alternatives Are The Answer …Let’s Talk:" »
Thursday, August 20, 2009
August 19, 2009 (Source: The Energy Report) -- Americas future energy course is being charted today because of the ramifications of peak oil, because cars pollute too much, because of global warming, because America wishes to end her dependence on foreign supplied energy and to be blunt. . .Americans need jobs. A new energy economy is going
Continue reading "MEDIA: Obama's Electrification of America" »
August 20, 2009 (Source: The Australian) -- IT looks very much like China is trying to put Australia in its place - that is, as Beijing clearly sees it, Australia as its new economic colony. The public rebukes and slights are extraordinary - Chinese ministers snubbing Australian leaders, as well as forums and ceremonies, and the attacks
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Governments across the globe continue to debate, and some are actually implementing, emissions trading schemes in the fight against climate change. Last year. thecarbon market was apparently worth approximately US$125-billion . Carbon markets basically allow polluters to buy rights to emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, and many believe that this carbon trading mechanism is apolitically
Continue reading "BLOG: Carbon Trading Certainly Not Without Views in NAFTA-land" »
Don Bubar, M.Sc., P.Geo, President and CEO for Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX: AVL | OTCQX: AVARF) to speak live on BNNs Taking Stock tonight at 5:40 PM EST (Wednesday, August 19, 2009).Hosted by Linda Sims and produced by Brett Tarver, Taking Stock airs live from 5-6PM EST. Don has been invited to speak to the increased
Continue reading "MEDIA: Avalon CEO Don Bubar on BNN's Taking Stock Tonight at 5:40 PM EST" »
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
RareMetalBlog North American Stock Update (Source Globeinvestorgold.com – August 18, 2009) Company Symbol Price Change Time High Low Volume Net % Avalon Rare Metals AVL-T 2.000 0.250 14.29 16:15 2.020 1.760 474,785 Great Western Minerals Group GWG-X 0.165 0.040 32.00 15:59 0.180 0.130 7,119,942 Neo Material Technologies NEM-T 3.000 0.140 4.90 15:58 3.050 2.880 1,192,711 Rare Element
This article was posted in OnEarth Magazine August 18, 2009. It is titled Why the U.S. May Be Going from Dependence on Mideast Oil to Rare Metals from China and was written by Craig Canine. Excerpt: Interstate 15 as it crosses the Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas is one of the most remote and
Continue reading "MEDIA: US Dependence: From Middle East to China?" »
Monday, August 17, 2009
TORONTO, Aug. 11 /CNW/ - Neo Material Technologies Inc. (TSX: NEM) (the Company or Neo) today reported its financial results for the three-month period ending June 30, 2009. Unless otherwise specified, all currency amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars. For the three-month period ended June 30, 2009, the Company reported revenues of $41.8 million, net income of
Rare earth explorer Lynas Corporation Ltd has acquired all rights to mining leases at Mount Weld, Western Australia, previously owned by Wesfarmers subsidiary CSBP Ltd. Lynas said the transaction allowed it to acquire legal title of mining lease M38/327, to give the company ownership of all relevant tenements at Mount Weld and the rights to all mineral
Continue reading "NEWS: Lynas acquires mining leases at Mt Weld. August 13, 2009" »
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 17, 2009) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) (Avalon or the Company) is pleased to announce an update of its NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the Lake Zone Rare Earth Element (REE) deposit, Thor Lake, NWT, incorporating all of the new assay data generated from the winter drilling program. As expected, with
Some of you may be wondering what’s behind Google’s logo that appeared the other morning. I did. The following commentary was posted by Andrew Hough on Friday, August 14th (found on the website Telegraph.co website), to explain – “ to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Ørsted, the Danish physicist and chemist and more
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Wondering what will happen top all the lithium-ion batteries and other batteries that use lithium? So was I. Not much searching later, I came across Toxco Inc. that claims to be the largest recycler of lithium batteries in the US and to also hold a patented process for doing just that. A news release on the Toxco
Friday, August 14, 2009
First off, the story is not really about ‘Russia’, nor is it about ‘Love’. However, recent recen t development certainly speak of intrigue. We all know that the international scramble for future rare earth supplies is really heating up. One of the latest initiatives was reported by Leo Lewis, Asia Business Correspondent of Times Online in his
Continue reading "BLOG: It ain’t quite ‘From Russia with Love’" »
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] have developed a series of new atomic clocks which could, in theory, lead to more accurate GPS systems and new types of gravity sensors for determining natural resources hidden underground. In work that was published in Physical Review Letters and reported at Science Daily, the NIST team
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
When analyzing information on ores, minerals and metals, we are often confronted with chemical composition data that might or might not be in a useful format for us to digest. For example, physicists and chemists will often talk in terms of atomic percent, whereas geologists, engineers and folks interested in the supply chain are more frequently interested
Continue reading "BLOG: Getting From Atomic To Weight Percent - And Back Again" »
AUG 11, 2009 -- GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molycorp Minerals, LLC announced today that it has begun preparations for renewed mining of the world class Rare Earth ore deposit at its Mountain Pass, California production facility. Molycorp, which is currently producing approximately four million pounds of Rare Earth products per year, announced earlier this year that it was
Continue reading "NEWS: Molycorp Minerals Begins Preparations for Renewed Mining" »
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The RareMetalBlog Editors are pleased to announce that effective immediately, we will be adding NEWS and MEDIA coverage for top rare metal companies. We have identified the following7 companies as our top priorities and look forward to your feedback. Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX: AVL | OTCGX: AVARF) Arafura Resources Limited (ASX: ARU) Great Western Minerals Group
General Motors announced today that their 2011 hybrid, the Volt will get 230 miles per gallon in city driving and about 100 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. That’s a substantial increase on the current market favourite, the Toyota Prius at 29/36 estimate. There has been coverage both good and bad about this; just
Continue reading "BLOG: GM Volt gets Attention with 230 MPG Claim" »
As many of us are aware, there is a growing discussion in North America around the delicate (current and future) supply/demand balance around rare metals. As previously reported by my RareMetalBloggers colleagues, numerous conferences and committees are being organized so as to get a clearer handle on where we’re really at, and to develop some policy and
Continue reading "BLOG: EU also worries about access to key raw materials" »
Following on from my comments here regarding dysprosium [Dy], I recently came across some work being conducted by the Department of Energys Ames Lab, in partnership with Arnold Magnetic Technologies, Magnequench and others, on a mixed rare earth-based permanent magnet material, for high temperature applications. Whats interesting about this project is that the team involved is working
Monday, August 10, 2009
I finally had the opportunity to thumb through the Summer 2009 edition of Battery + Energy Storage Technology, and was taken by the collaborative efforts and the new lithium-ion (‘Li-Ion’) battery plant capacity being planned for across the globe. While the debate may continue as to which specific technology platform will eventually win out in the automotive
Continue reading "BLOG: There Shouldn’t be a Shortage of Li-Ion Battery Production… whenever" »
This article was posted August 6, by Jack Lifton on the Gerson Lehrman Group website. Jack providesan analysis of the first diesel hybrid vehicle by Peugeot. Summary French car maker, Peugeot, has matched its long history of making and marketing diesel cars with the solid performance history of , reliable, and long lived nickel metal hydride battery
Sunday, August 09, 2009
As the ad on TV might say ‘Getting up that hill getting you down? Do you find the ride to work long and time consuming? Don’t want to arrive sweaty at work? Family members can’t keep up on group rides? Maybe the BionX electric bicycle motor assist is the answer for you.” The BionX electric bike motor
Friday, August 07, 2009
Following on from the article that I posted here earlier this week, earlier today I published a new article over atTerra Magneticacalled Beyond 10 MW: Are Superconductors The Future Of Wind Power?. The article takes a brief look at the history of high temperature superconducting [HTS] materials before looking at the work of a number of companies
Continue reading "BLOG: Superconductors And The Future Of Wind Turbines" »
Thursday, August 06, 2009
This video was posted on Youtube May 19, 2009. Avalon Rare Metals Inc.s animation of its flagship property Thor Lake, located near Yellowknife, NWT and the application of rare earth elements in everyday products.
I just heard from a friend with whom I haven’t been in touch for years. Out of the blue (excuse the expression and youll see in a minute), I received this quick e-mail and after acouple a short email exchanges, I learned that he is stationed in Europe and is a watch aficionado. When I mentioned that
Continue reading "BLOG: There is no time like the present... and no present like a Rolex" »
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