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Posts from January 2010
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Underground mines are noisy working environments, and miners therefore have to depend very much on visual cues to recognize potential and actual hazards. The lighting used while working can therefore have a significant effect on the overall safety of that work. Late last year, a group of engineers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Heath
Continue reading "BLOG: Safer Underground Mining With Rare Metal-Based White LED Miner Cap Lamps" »
Friday, January 29, 2010
January 28, 2010 (Source: The Globe and Mail) - You probably aren’t familiar with the element europium, but if you have a new plasma TV, the metal gives you the colour blue. Europium is one of 16 elements called rare earths that are needed to make components of many leading-edge products. The battery pack inside Toyota’s Prius
January 29, 2010 (Source: Financial TImes) - Get Mark Smith talking about his company’s biggest asset and the feeling is one of being transported back to a high-school chemistry class. Cerium, lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium. The mine described by the head of the Denver-based Molycorp Minerals contains deposits featuring some of the more esoteric reaches of the periodic
Thursday, January 28, 2010
January 28, 2010 (Source: The Korea Times) - The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) will begin developing rare metals for industrial use at a new government-funded research and technology center, which opened Thursday. Researchers will identify, explore and develop key rare materials that can be used by local businesses, the institute said. ``It is critical that
Continue reading "MEDIA: Rare Metal Research Center Opens" »
One of the fascinating dimensions of the rare metals business… is the ‘dimensions’ themselves. The mining and metallurgy folks speak in tons and tonnes, many refiners and distribution folk speak of kilograms, and the electronics and some of the new technology guys speak of a sprinkle here and a sprinkle there. Well, not quite but, as Wileen
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
January 27, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (PINK SHEETS:GWMGF) announced today that it has entered into an investor relations agreement with Stone Communication Services Limited (SCS) of Toronto, Ontario (the Agreement). SCS specializes in the execution of tailored, strategic communication programmes for emerging companies and will introduce
Continue reading "NEWS: Great Western Minerals Group Retains Investor Relations Firm" »
It seems that a growing number of our readers have an interest in the medical applications of rare metals... at least that’s what Iget from the phone calls or e-mails I receive off-line. Interesting and well appreciated input (Thanks). We have tended to provide commentaries on mining and mineral processing developments, innovative renewable energy technologies (hybrids, wind,
Continue reading "MEDIA: Wearable Health Monitoring Sensor Debuts in Japanese Market" »
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Apple is soon to release its much-anticipated iTablet, and according Pedro Hernandez in his commentary on Green IT last week (Jan 22nd) “while it’s likely to be sleek and modern, perform well and carry forward the feature-rich and user-friendly interfaces for which the company is known, green gadget buyers will be weighing the device based on other
Continue reading "BLOG: How Green Will Apple’s Tablet Be?" »
January 26, 2010 (Source: PR Newswire) - Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), the leading electronic inter-dealer quotation system, trading technology and financial information provider for Over-the-Counter (OTC) securities, today announced that Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (Pink Sheets: GWMGF, TSX.V: GWG), a vertically integrated Canadian mineral exploration company and a fabricator of specialized rare earth
Continue reading "NEWS: Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Joins OTCQX" »
Another day, another dollar - or in the case of RareMetalBlog, another article on Chinas dominance of the rare earths market to start the week. This time it was a piece from Mineweb on the Chinese governments ever-stricter export duties and quotas on that countrys rare earth [RE] industry, which included a primer on the rare earths
Continue reading "RMB Week in Review: 01/18/10 - 01/24/10" »
Monday, January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced short form prospectus offering, raising gross proceeds of $8,050,000 for the Company. Pope Company Limited of Toronto (Pope Company) acted as exclusive agent for the Company with respect to the sale
January 25, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - HUDSON RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE:HUD) (Hudson) is pleased to announce the appointment of John McConnell to its Board of Directors. Mr. McConnell is a Professional Mining Engineer with an extensive background developing and operating mining projects, particularly in arctic regions. Hudson management believes he will become a valuable member of the
Continue reading "NEWS - Hudson Adds John McConnell as Director" »
Saturday, January 23, 2010
If youve been following RareMetalBlog for a couple of months or more, you may recall arecent discussionas to which elements should be considered as rare earth metals. The general consensus, both in that discussion, and elsewhere, is that they include the 15 lanthanoid elements and one or both of the elements yttrium and scandium.What they do NOT
Continue reading "Credibility 101 - Or What The Rare Earth Elements Are NOT" »
Friday, January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (PINK SHEETS:GWMGF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agency agreement with Pope Company Limited (the Agent) to issue and sell up to 25,000,000 units (Units) of GWMG at a price of $0.28 per Unit (the Offering
Continue reading "NEWS: Great Western Minerals Group Announces Filing of Final Prospectus" »
Thursday, January 21, 2010
January 20, 2010 (Source: Oakshire Financial) - The Energy Report: You’ve previously discussed security-of-supply concerns in the context of China’s growth. In addition to unloading U.S. paper assets, China is intent on developing its internal infrastructure to further develop its domestic economy. So they’re taking their U.S.-denominated reserves and solving this security-of-supply problem by acquiring deposits and
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010 (Source: Washington Post) - A sister company to Toyota Motor Corp secured a lithium supply deal in Argentina on Wednesday that could help the worlds largest automaker keep its lead in gasoline-electric hybrid cars. The deal sent shares in the lithium projects owner and operator, Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd, soaring almost 50 percent to an
Continue reading "MEDIA: Toyota in Argentine lithium deal for hybrid car push" »
January 20, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (PINK SHEETS:GWMGF) announced today that, at the request of Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange - 8015T; Nagoya Stock Exchange - 8015NG), it has extended the expiry date of the non-binding letter of intent (the Letter of Intent) between Great Western Minerals Group Ltd
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January 20, 2009 (Source: Lynas Corp.) - A Technical Cooperation Agreement with Rhodia signed to support operational planning, commissioning and ramp-up of the Advanced Material PlantLynas Corporation Limited (“Lynas”) (ASX code LYC) is pleased to announce the Supply Contract signed with Rhodia (formerly Rhodia Electronics Catalysis) for the supply of Mount Weld Rare Earths to be produced
Gday RMBers! What a busy week weve had on the Blog... Fred kicked us off last week with news that the Ford Fusion Hybrid was the winner of the Car of the Year Award at the North American International Auto Show. His article was also the first of numerous articles last week that received some mildly bizarre
Continue reading "RMB Week in Review: 01/11/10 - 01/17/10" »
Monday, January 18, 2010
January 17, 2010 (Source: MineWeb) - In addition to all the other trade disputes involving China-tyres, steel pipes, books, chicken, etc.-2009 has also brought up a relatively obscure issue that keeps coming back with a worrying consistency. This is the issue of rare earths, where China has a dominant position as producer. The Chinese government has imposed
The Jan/Feb 2010 edition of MITs Technology Review magazine features a striking photo essayon the 10,000 square kilometer Uyuni salt flats of Bolivia,called The Lithium Rush, written by Antonio Regalado and photographed by Noah Friedman-Rudokvsky. The US Geological Survey estimates there to be 9 million tonnes of lithium in Bolivia, and with the interest in lithium for
Continue reading "BLOG: A View From The Lithium Salt Flats Of The Bolivian Andes " »
Friday, January 15, 2010
I first met my esteemed fellow RareMetalBlog editor Ian London at the 2008 Magnetics Conference in Denver, and it was his invitation to come check out RMB that led me here. Ian and I were both involved in last years conference in Chicago, and we will both be attending the 2010 Magnetics Conferenceat the Walt Disney Resort
Continue reading "BLOG: Mickey Loves Magnets - RMB's Ian & Gareth Go To Florida" »
January 14, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) (Avalon or the Company) is pleased to announce an updated Indicated Mineral Resource estimate based on assay results of 44 definition holes (9,101 metres) drilled during the 2009 summer drilling program. The grades and widths encountered confirm good continuity for the rare earth elements (REE) mineralization
Thursday, January 14, 2010
January 14, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Stans Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RUU) is very pleased to have two rare earth specialists, James Hedrick and James Allan (P.Eng), joining its advisory board. Mr. James Hedrick was the rare earth specialist with the USGS from 1996 until his retirement on December 31, 2009. Mr. James Allan is an independent consulting
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
January 13, 2010 (Source: Mineweb) - In the blockbuster movie Avatar the obscure object of desire is an element called Unobtainium, worth $20 million per ounces. Metals analyst Christopher Ecclestone suggests the hunt for Unobtainium storyline reminds him of some of the talk surrounding Rare Earths (REE) these days. Since China shouted the equivalent of fire in
Welcome to a new regular feature at RMB - a round up of the prior weeks posts, to make sure you that didnt miss a thing!We started off last week with a post from yours truly, on a couple of patents recently issued to Nissan Motors for neodymium-based magnet materials with low to no heavy rare earth
Continue reading "RMB Week in Review: 01/04/10 - 01/10/10" »
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
January 12, 2010 (Source: Journal of Energy Security) - Rare earth metals are most simply defined as those chemical elements that have atomic numbers between 57 to 71. These include lanthanum, from which rare earth metals get their collective chemical name of lanthanides, to lutetium. For reasons of chemical similarity, two additional metals, scandium and yttrium, are
Continue reading "MEDIA: The Battle Over Rare Earth Metals " »
The December edition of Mining Magazine has an article about a new electric excavator built by LIEBHERR. The R9250E has an 1,050kW AC motor which reportedly requires minimal maintenance and are particularly beneficial where low cost electricity is available to the operator. Mining Magazine has been writing about electric and diesel electric equipment developments more frequently. If
January 12, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (GWMG or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has filed an amended and restated preliminary short form prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario in connection with a reasonable best efforts offering of units (the
Continue reading "NEWS: Great Western Minerals Group Announces $7 Million Prospectus Offering" »
It is a rare earth story … and that’s what the RMB’s all about. It is also: •a green energy story … what’s better than amore efficienttomorrow•a hydro generation story … I’m an old power guy from way back•a local Canadian story …a Maple Leaf Forever initiative -- what more can I say. and its•almost in my
Continue reading "BLOG: Neo-Magnets Make a Hydropower Plant Greener… in my own backyard " »
Monday, January 11, 2010
The North American International Auto Show opened in Detroit today. Ford won both the car and truck awards in a show that reportedly is long on small and short on horsepower. The displays from the US Big Three are along what has been dubbed “Electric Alley” as most of the offerings use electric motivation.Ford’s winning car is
Continue reading "Ford Hybrid Wins Car of the Year Award in Detroit " »
January 8, 2010 (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald) - The announcement on Christmas Eve 2009 that the final hurdles for the buy out of the Volvo brand by the Chinese Geely Motor Car Company came as no surprise to the workers on the assembly lines of plants in Gothenburg, Sweden and Gent, Belgium. Parent company Ford had
Continue reading "MEDIA: China holds the key to cars of the future" »
Tek’s noted in his comments to my posting Rare Earths used to create better medical implants(Jan 8th), that “there are more and more myriad uses being developed outside the current subjects of energy efficiency”. Bingo!. Perusing PhotonicsOnline this weekend, I came across some interesting work being conducted by the Penn State (Dec 16th), where adding the rare
Continue reading "BLOG: Rare Earth Metal Enhances Phosphate Glass" »
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Some of the most popular articles here at RareMetalBlog have highlighted unusual non-industrial or unique uses of rare earths, other rare metals and elements in general. Who can forget Ians infamous periodic tablein the form of, well, an ACTUAL table;the titanium computer mouse with the neodymium scroll wheel or Virginias recent article on the magnetic bra clasp?
Continue reading "BLOG: More Unusual Products From The Emporium Of Rare Metal Curiosities" »
Okay…I admit I was surprised and I dont really know why. The other day, a friend of mine flipped me an article which noted that thorium is still being used in the construction of camping lanterns. I had thought – really, as did he -- a hes aseasoned camper. It has been estimated that the annual production/sales
Saturday, January 09, 2010
While perusing the January 2010 edition of the IEEEs Spectrum Magazine today, a colleague of mine came across an interesting one page article on the growing demand for rare earths. There wasnt a whole lot in the article that would be news to the audience of this blog, but what caught my attention was the graphical image
Continue reading "BLOG: Rare Earths, Jars Of Dirt And The Demise Of Serendipity" »
Friday, January 08, 2010
Earlier this week, Gareth Hatch shared some interesting advances in magnet design -- where scientists are finding ways to reduce the demand for some heavy rare earths per pound of magnet. While some of these developments may lead to eliminating this specific demand for HREEs, it is probably more likely that advances such as the grain boundary
Continue reading "BLOG: Rare Earths used to create better medical implants " »
At the end of the day, I suspect it will be consumers like you and me that will drive the reduction of greenhouse gases and carbon footprints. We’ll do so by encouraging (forcing?) car and machinery makers, packagers and whomever to not only supply products that operate cleanly, but that are clean in their own right. As
Continue reading "BLOG: 4 grams protien, O gms fat, 1 gm fibre, and 3.8 gms of CO2 per serving!" »
The Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Jan. 07, 2010 carried an article written by Andy Hoffman and Greg Keenan entitled “Magna Buys Stake in Small Lithium Miner” “Canadian car parts giant Magna International Inc. is jumping into the mining sector with a strategic investment in a privately held lithium firm that it hopes will provide a
Thursday, January 07, 2010
January 7, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Rare Element Resources Ltd (TSX-V: RES) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Nuiklavik rare-earth-element (REE) prospect from Altius Resources Inc. (Altius). The property is located approximately 25 kilometers from tide water and 50 kilometers from the community of Hopedale, Labrador, Canada. Altius initiated the project in 2006 to target
Continue reading "NEWS: Rare Element acquires Nuiklavik REE Project in Labrador, Canada" »
In recent years, the United States Geological Survey [USGS] has facilitated an initiative called the Mineral Resources External Research Program, offered to individuals and industrial, academic and non-Federal governmental organizations, that have the ability to conduct research in topics related to nonfuel mineral resources. The USGS yesterday announced the details of proposals that were awarded grants for
Continue reading "BLOG: USGS Announces Grants For Rare Metals Mineral Research" »
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
I was just sent a link to an article on Seeking Alpha by Jason Hamlin dated January 05, 2010. The author mentions Avalon, Lynas and Great West Minerals specifically at the end. The full article with its respective links may be seen by clicking here. Rare earth metals had a bumpy ride during 2009. After years in
Continue reading "MEDIA: Rare Earth Metals Will Spike Higher in 2010 " »
January 5, 2010 (Source: Asia Sentinel) - As a new decade begins, the world of green business may take on a more complex and distasteful hue. A ministerial announcement leaked through China’s state press prior to Christmas points to some depressing road-signs for the next decade or so. Protectionism may raise its nationalistic and potentially dangerous head.
Continue reading "MEDIA: China Locks Up Rare Earth Production " »
Monday, January 04, 2010
In an article here at RareMetalBlog published last November, I discussed one particular approach being used by the Japanese to tackle the rare metals shortage, and in particularheavy rare earth elements [HREEs] such as dysprosium and terbium. Both of these elements are key components in the production of rare earth permanent magnets that can withstand high operating
Continue reading "BLOG: Time And Tide And Solving The HREE Problem Wait For No Man" »
Sunday, January 03, 2010
In the quiet of my den at the start of this new year… well, not so quite in that I was catching up on a lot of industry related commentaries (Okay – I did take catnaps in-between), I couldn’t help but reflect on some of the trade-offs and more importantly the need for broader and more proactive
Continue reading "BLOG: Metals on earth getting exhausted" »
As some of you may have noticed, TEK, one of our RareMetalBlog regulars, posed an Ask the RMB Team Questionon the possibilities and special equipment needs should the industry wish to establish a centralized Rare Earth refining facility.It mightbe helpful if we shared a common understanding of the concentration and refining process, and some of the broad
Continue reading "BLOG: Extracting & Refining Rare Earths... Can some processes be centralized" »
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