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Posts from May 2010
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Monday, May 31, 2010
May 31, 2010 -- (Source: MinesChile) -- The Chilean government took the decision to open the business of lithium to private Companies. The measure is motivated by the need to see what should be the strategy to exploit the large reserves that Chile has of this non-metallic mineral, which every day becomes more valuable in the international
Continue reading "NEWS: Chilean Government Opens the Business of Lithium to Private Companies" »
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sometimes things actually move pretty quickly in Washington. The FY2011 National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] was passed on Friday by a vote of the US House of Representatives, with a comfortable margin. As reported earlier this week, the Act contains provisions pertaining to the rare earth supply chain, with a set of mandates directing the Department of
James B. Hedrick just posted an excellent comment in reply to Gareth Hatchs blog Rare Earths Nomenclature: Time to Standardize? James H Hedrick, who is also the author of Rare Earth Elements (click here) with Stephen B. Castor whichprovides an excellent overview on rare earths, proposes a standard 43-101 definition for LREE and HREE for consideration: The
Continue reading "BLOG: Standard 43-101 Definition of LREE and HREE Proposed." »
Friday, May 28, 2010
May 27, 2010 -- TORONTO, ONTARIO (Source: Marketwire)-- DACHA CAPITAL INC. (Dacha or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:DAC) (OTCQX:DCHAF) is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional 155,000 kilograms of Rare Earth Oxides from multiple Chinese suppliers.
Continue reading "NEWS: Dacha Acquires 155 Metric Tonnes of Rare Earth Oxides" »
Thursday, May 27, 2010
This is a response to Tracy on her Tantalum supply/demand challenge but being the new HREE kid on the block, I wanted to really know more about tantalum in depth which led to more research than I anticipated. As an electrical engineer, I was sidetracked and fascinated with Tantalums characteristics which make it a great material for
Continue reading "BLOG: The New HREE Kid on the Block Responds to Tantalum Debate" »
May 27, 2010 -- TORONTO, ONTARIO (Source: CNW)-- NEO MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (TSX: NEM) (the Company or Neo) announced today that it has acquired 50% of the issued and outstanding shares plus voting control of Buss Buss Spezialmetalle GmbH (Buss Buss).
May 26, 2010 -- WYOMING (Source: RareElementResources.com) -- RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD. (RES:TSXV) is pleased to announce the results of an updated mineral resource estimate of rare-earth elements (REE) plus yttrium contained in two deposits located in the Bull Hill area of the Bear Lodge project, Wyoming (Table 1). The updated resource estimate increases the total pounds
May 27, 2010 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Source: Marketwire) -- HUDSON RESOURCES INC. (Hudson) (TSX VENTURE:HUD) is pleased to provide an exploration update on the Sarfartoq Rare Earth Element (REE) Project in Western Greenland. The project is owned 100% by Hudson.
May 27, 2010 -- TORONTO, ONTARIO (Source: Marketwire)-- QUEST RARE MINERAL LTD. (TSX VENTURE:QRM) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert L. Leclerc to Quests Board and as Chairman of the Board.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
May 26, 2010 -- TORONTO, ONTARIO (Source: Marketwire) -- AVALON RARE METALS INC. (TSX:AVL)(OTCQX:AVARF) (PINK SHEETS:AVARF)(Avalon or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David Connelly, CStJ, CD, MBA, B.Comm, to the Companys Board of Directors.
This past weekthe bloghad alarge amounton the Rare Earthindustry towrite about.Gareth Hatch wrote House Armed Services Committee Proposes Further Measures On Vulnerabilities In Rare Earths Supply Chain discussing the Government Accountability Office [GAO] report on rare earths. We will continue to watch how this legislation will affect the industry especially in the US and look forward to
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 5/17/10 - 5/26/10" »
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Earlier this year, the release of the Government Accountability Office [GAO] report on rare earths garnered much attention, with its analysis of the vulnerabilities in the defense supply chain, particularly relating to to the geographic concentration of rare earth supply in China. Some may recall that this report was the result of language inserted into the National
Yesterday CNN aired a short piece on rare earths, and growing concerns on their supply. The video can be viewed here:-- Gareth Hatch
Monday, May 24, 2010
May 24, 2010 -- SHANGHAI (Source: Critical Commodities by Jack Lifton) -- I’m in Shanghai at the CLSA China Forum 2010, and I just saw this story, ”Baotou Rare Earth Kicks off Reservation Plan,” on a locally produced web news site in English translation. It basically states that China’s largest producer of rare earths, which is identified
Continue reading "BLOG: Rare Earth News From Shanghai – 336th Edition" »
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Yesterday the BBC News Web site published a short article on rare earths entitled Why China holds rare cards in the race to go green, ahead of a 30 minute piece on the subject, as part of BBC Radio 4s Costing the Earth series, broadcast yesterday and again today. For those of you unfamiliar with Radio 4,
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
If you dont know of Dr. Michael Berry and you invest in natural resources, you should. I usually list him on some level in my Top 10 Mining Newsletter Writers of theYear because I respect his depth of knowledge and so does the Federal Reserve, who hashim present there on a regular basis. I methim in NYCalmost
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010 -- (Source: CRIENGLISH.com by Chu Daye) -- BAOTOU RARE EARTH, Chinas leading producer of rare earth metals, began storing the valuable minerals in April despite lagging government policies, Shanghai Securities News reported.
Continue reading "NEWS: Baotou Rare Earth Kicks off Reservation Plan" »
In the past few months I have noticed a couple of ongoing trends in the rare earths sector, that I think are worthy of attention and debate. Feel free to post your thoughts and perspective on what Im about to say here, whether you agree with me or not... The first trend is the continued commentaryon the
Continue reading "BLOG: The Rare Earths Sector: Time For The Industry To Grow Up?" »
Lets start withanindustryupdate --heard from Jack Lifton yesterday who had just arrived in Shanghai where he is speaking at CLSAs China Forum 2010. I would sure enjoy a trip to Shanghai, but am looking forward to seeing him soon enough when we hit Ucore’s Bokan Mountain with a pile of geologists looking at the hottest new HREE
May 18, 2010 -- MONTREAL, QUEBEC (Source: Marketwire) -- MIDLAND EXPLORATION INC. (Midland) (TSX VENTURE:MD) is pleased to announce that Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has satisfactory completed its due diligence for the Ytterby rare earth elements (REE) project. Accordingly, JOGMEC made the initial payment of $200,000 in favour of Midland, pursuant to the
Monday, May 17, 2010
Interest in the rare earths and rare metals in general goes from strength to strength. Last week saw some exciting developments in reported resources, which are detailed below. The first blog article of last week was an item from me on the rare metal, tellurium, in the production of special sensors for a particle physics experiment deep
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 05/10/10 - 05/16/10" »
Friday, May 14, 2010
On Wednesday of this week the US Geological Survey [USGS] published a new report on the Pea Ridge deposit in Missouri, located approximately 50 miles SW of St. Louis. The USGS conducted a survey of the property as part of a project on Minerals at Risk and for Emerging Technologies, under the auspices of its Mineral Resources
Thursday, May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010 -- TORONTO, ON (Source: Marketwire) -- DACHA CAPITAL INC. (Dacha or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:DAC) (OTCQX:DCHAF) is pleased to announce that it has acquired 39,000 kilograms of Rare Earth Elements from China destined for its primary London Metal Exchange (LME) approved warehouse in Busan, Korea.
Continue reading "NEWS: Dacha Adds to Strategic Stockpile of Rare Earth Elements" »
One thing that is truly beneficial about RareMetalBlog is that I often receive cutting edge market analysis, behind the scenes commentary and the debates behind the scenes are usually critical to what’s happening in the market. This week, I received a letter from a RMB reader that read as follows: “I was wanting to get your view
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A few dozen miles from Rome lies Abruzzo, a mountainous region in central Italy. Here, superlatives abound. The region is home to the Gran Sasso dItalia or the Great Stone of Italy, the highest peak in all the Apennines. It features what many say is the best rock climbing in Europe, and a summit thattowers over the
May 12, 2010 -- TORONTO, ON (Source: Marketwire) --AVALON RARE METALS INC.(TSX:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) (Avalon or the Company) is pleased to provide an update on the winter drill program on its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The winter drill program concluded on April 20, 2010 with 11,398 metres completed in 43
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010 --VANCOUVER, BC(Source: PR-Inside) -- BOLERO RESOURCES CORP. (the Company or Bolero), (TSX-V: BRU), (FRANKFURT: U7N1) wishes to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with an arms length vendor to acquire a 100% interest in 6,582 hectares adjoining Boleros Carbonatite Syndicate Rare Earth Claim Group. These new claims are contiguous to the
Diamond-focused industry starting to diversify May 10, 2010 -- CANADA(Source: CBC News) -- Drill core samples from Avalon Rare Metals Inc.s Nechalacho exploration project in the Northwest Territories. The company is expected to continue drilling at the property this summer. (Avalon Rare Metals Inc.) Mining companies are set to invest twice as much in the Northwest Territories
Continue reading "NEWS: N.W.T. mineral exploration to rebound" »
Monday, May 10, 2010
May 10, 2010 -- HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (Source: Marketwire) -- UCORE URANIUM INC. (TSX VENTURE:UCU) (Ucore or the Company) is pleased to announce a conceptual deposit model (the conceptual model or the model) for the first two of several target exploration zones comprising the Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth project in southeast Alaska. The two initial target zones
The rare earths community was buzzing at the beginning of last week with the publication by Hallgarten Company of its take on the recent GAO Report, available for download via a post from Tracy, who noted that Hallgartens Christopher Ecclestone wondered if Molycorp Minerals plans to acquire a third-party producer of rare earth metals and alloys refer
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 05/03/10 - 05/09/10" »
Sunday, May 09, 2010
May 4, 2010 -- AUSTRALIA (Source: The Australian by Robin Bromby) -- MANY investors, so far as we can tell, suffer from blind spots. They get fixated on particular stocks and dont spend enough time looking for new stories.
Continue reading "MEDIA: Some miners bounce back on the radar" »
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Thursday of this past week saw an announcement from the US Department of Energy [DoE] of a Request for Information [RFI] focused on rare earths elements [REEs] and other metals and materials used in energy technologies, particularly clean energy components and applications, and energy efficiency technologies.The new RFI follows on from the announcement by DoE Assistant Secretary
Friday, May 07, 2010
May 6, 2010 -- TORONTO, ON (Source: Marketwire) --DACHA CAPITAL INC.(Dacha or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:DAC) (OTCQX:DCHAF) is pleased to announce that it has exported its first Rare Earth shipment from the Peoples Republic of China destined for its primary warehouse located in Busan, Korea.
Continue reading "NEWS: Dacha Exports First Rare Earth Shipment From China" »
Thursday, May 06, 2010
May 6, 2010 -- THUNDER BAY, ON (Source: Marketwire) -- RARE EARTH METALS INC. (Rare Earth Metals or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:RA) is pleased to announce it has completed two option agreements for additional mining claims in the Red Wine area of west-central Labrador. The Company now controls a total of 816 claim units totaling 204 square
May 6, 2010 -- (Source: MetalMiner) -- The rare earth metal industry is abuzz with fresh news. We’ve covered a few of these developments over the past couple of days. The big news of the week of course involves the creation of a new rare earth metal ETF from REE Fund that will make investments in over
Continue reading "MEDIA: The Case For Rare Earth Metal ETFs" »
May 5, 2010 -- VANCOUVER, BC (Source: PRNewswire) -- RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD. (TSX-V: RES) (Rare Element or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tony Mariano and Mr. Matt Bender to its Advisory Board.
Continue reading "NEWS: Rare Element Appoints Dr. Tony Mariano and Matt Bender to Advisory Board" »
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
May 5, 2010 -- Toronto, ON(Source: CNW) -- NEO MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES will report its first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2010 on Thursday, May 13, 2010. The Company will also hold a conference call to discuss the first quarter results on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. ET.
May 5, 2010 -- (Source: MetalMiner)-- MetalMiner had a chance to catch up with Ed Cowle, President and CEO of US Rare Earths Inc earlier this week. His company owns the mineral rights to one of the United States’ largest resources and reserves of rare earth metals including: lanthanum, neodymium, dysprosium, terbium, and europium. According to their
Continue reading "MEDIA: State of the Rare Earth Metal Industry" »
Things were as busy as ever at RareMetalBlog last week. Tracy hit the ground running on Monday with a post on an article by Robin Bromby in The Australian, reviewing an updated report by Dudley Kingsnorth on the rare earths space, which highlighted Molycorp Minerals, Lynas and Alkane Resources. A key takeaway was Mr. Kingsnorths feeling that
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 04/26/10 - 05/02/10" »
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
As mentioned here earlier today, last week Christopher Ecclestone of Hallgarten Company issued an in-depth report titled Rare Earths: The GAO Report - Mapping the Road Not Taken - a report that I highly recommend to anyone involved, in any way, in the rare earths sector. This was another no holds barred analysis from Mr. Ecclestone, focusing
Continue reading "BLOG: The New Hallgarten Report on Rare Earths: Telling It Like It Is" »
Including 62.1m averaging 0.81% TREO, 1.72% ZrO(2) with 56.0% HREO May 4, 2010 -- VANCOUVER, BC (Source: CNW) -- TASMAN METALS LTD. (Tasman or the Company) TSXV - TSM; Frankfurt - T61; Pink Sheets - TASXF. Mr Mark Saxon, President and CEO, is pleased to report assay results from an additional five (5) drill holes that test
May 4, 2010 -- Toronto, ON (Source: Marketwire) -- DACHA CAPITAL INC. (Dacha or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:DAC)(OTCQX:DCHAF) is pleased to announce that it been admitted as a member of the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA), based in London, UK.Dacha is currently acquiring a physical inventory of strategic metals including Rare Earth Elements and its inclusion in
May 4, 2010 -- Vancouver, BC (Source: Marketwire) -- QUANTUM RARE EARTH DEVELOPMENTS CORP. (TSX VENTURE:QRE) (PINK SHEETS:QREDF) (FRANKFURT:BR3) (Quantum, the Company) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Elk Creek Carbonatite, one of the largest known carbonatites in North America, through the acquisition of Elk Creek Resources Corp., a private Nebraskan corporation which, through
Continue reading "NEWS: Quantum Acquires Large Niobium-Rare Earth Carbonatite Complex in Nebraska" »
Monday, May 03, 2010
In a Wall Street Journal article today titled Pentagon in Race for Raw Materials, Liam Pleven writes about possible increased efforts on the part of the US Military to stockpile REE.The U.S. military is gearing up to become a more active player in the global scramble for raw materials, as competition from China and other countries raises
Continue reading "MEDIA: WSJ Article re: Stockpiling Minerals " »
We would like to thank all of the people who sent us the Hallgarten Company Metals Review on Rare Earths this morning. Titled The GAO Report - Mapping the Road Not Taken. What was of interest to me was this line: Initially, Molycorps plans envisioned adding facilities and equipment for metal conversion and alloy production at the
Continue reading "Rare Earths: The GAO Report - Mapping the Road Not Taken" »
April 30, 2010 -- Vancouver, BC -- (Source: MarketWire) HUDSON RESOURCES INC. (Hudson) (TSX VENTURE:HUD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John McDonald, Ph.D., P.Geo., and Mr. Flemming Knudsen, CEO of Royal Greenland, to its Board of Directors, to replace two retiring directors. In addition, Hudson is pleased to announce that Mr. Alnesh Mohan has
Continue reading "NEWS: Hudson Announces Board Changes and Appointment of CFO" »
Sunday, May 02, 2010
HREE’s offer difficult metallurgy so we continue to cover storis on this topicwith great interest. With regards to eudialyte, a zirconium silicate enriched with HREEs, we have touched on this before; so we were delighted to receive this article which appeared in an on-line mining news service that refers to a presentation given by Tony Mariano in
There have been rumblings for months... but as reported by Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press earlier today (Sun May 2 - or whateverday our time as the story is Australian based), the Australian government has finally tabled its new mining taxproposal. The story get a bit complicated as the drivers behind the tax change relate tofederal vs
Continue reading "MEDIA: Australia proposes 40 per cent tax on mining profits " »
Saturday, May 01, 2010
In his article to the Toronto Star on May 1st, Cool your jets on electrics, Peter Gorrie of thepaper’s Wheels section fame, noted “…when Don Hillebrand, the guy who headsthe Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory suggests we cool our expectations for these vehicles, he’s worth a listen.”The Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago, is a
Continue reading "BLOG: All-Electric Cars are the Future, and they might be for some time yet" »
April 29, 2010 (Source: Business Insider) -- Interest in Rare Earths is starting to heat up in a dramatic fashion, and it something you should keep on your radar. So named because they were hard to get in the 18th and 19th century, these once obscure elements have suddenly become the focus of several converging trends in
Continue reading "MEDIA: Rare Earths Metals? Here's Why They're Going To Get A LOT More Rare" »
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