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Posts from August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
It was nice to have Editor Ian London drop by our office today. He has been writing for RareMetalBlog since webegan in January 2009 and is the original editor, along with me. Today we have over a dozen editors on the team and there was a lot of news in the industry today.In fact, we have had
August 31, 2010 -- Vancouver, BC (Source: PRNewswire) --EMC Metals Corp. (the Company or EMC) (TSX: EMC) is pleased to announce that Jordan Capital Markets Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia has been appointed as financial advisor and sales agent to assist the Company with the sale of the Springer Mining Company, and its tungsten mine and mill
August 31, 2010 -- Toronto, ON -- (Source: Marketwire) - Byron Capital Markets, a division of Byron Securities Limited, is pleased to announce the release of its follow up industry report on Rare Earth Elements entitled Rare Earth Elements - The Next Six Names. The 28 page report, prepared by Dr. Jon Hykawy, gives a comprehensive overview
Vancouver, BC -- August 31, 2010 -- (Source: PRNewswire) --Gitennes Exploration Inc. (TSXV-GIT) is pleased to provide the following update: Further to its news release of July 7, 2010 the Company has staked additional property in north-eastern Quebec, increasing the size of the Blue Ice option to 975 hectares. The property is located 100 km northeast of
Continue reading "Gitennes' Canadian Rare Earth - Beryllium Project" »
August 21, 2010 --(Source: Marketwire)-- Pinetree Capital Ltd. /quotes/comstock/11t!e:pnp (CA:PNP 1.44, +0.14, +10.77%) , announces that on August 27, 2010, it acquired ownership of 2,000,000 common shares (Common Shares) and 1,000,000 common share purchase warrants (the Warrants) of African Metals Corp. (African). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of African at a price
Continue reading "Pinetree Capital Ltd. Acquires Securities of African Metals Corp." »
Toronto, ON -- August 31, 2010 (Source: miningweekly.com) – Avalon Rare Metals, which hopes to start up its Nechalacho project, in Canadas Northwest Territories, in late 2015, has had expressions of interest from parties in Japan, Korea, the US and Europe on potential offtake agreements, CEO Don Bubar indicated on Monday. “The market is starting to get
Continue reading "Avalon talks to buyers on offtake for rare-earths mine" »
Vancouver, BC -- August 31, 2010 (Source: PRNewswire) - Tasman Metals Ltd. (Tasman or the Company) TSXV - TSM; Frankfurt - T61 - Pink Sheets - TASXF. Mr Mark Saxon, President CEO, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Pincock Allen Holt / Minarco-Mineconsult (both subsidiaries of Runge Ltd) to complete an independent resource
Thunderbay, ON -- August 31, 2010 (Source: Marketwatch)-- Rare Earth Metals Inc (Rare Earth Metals, RA or the Company) /quotes/comstock/11v!ra (CA:RA 0.35, +0.02, +6.15%) is pleased to report additional trench and prospect sampling results from its Letitia Lake/Red Wine property in west central Labrador. Significant Rare Earth Element, Niobium and Beryllium mineralization has now been identified over
The International Energy Agency says the world must invest $26 trillion (£16.7 trillion) over the next 20 years to avert an energy shock. At the weekend Japan’s foreign minister took issue with China on the issue of China’s export restrictions on rare earth minerals. China’s commerce minister gave back as good as he got. In the G-7,
Monday, August 30, 2010
When asked about the rare earth element Gadolinium (chemical symbol ‘Gd’), we typically read that it’s ‘a silvery-white, malleable and ductile rare-earth metal with a metallic lustre. It’s strongly paramagnetic at room temperature and exhibits ferromagnetic properties below room temperature (strongly attracted by a magnet). Unlike other rare earth elements, gadolinium is relatively stable in dry air.
Continue reading "Gadolinium – The ‘G_ _d’ and ‘Not-so-G_ _d’" »
August 30, 2010 -- (source: Telegraph) -- Chinas draconian export curbs on rare earth minerals needed by the rest of the world for frontier technologies is escalating into a serious diplomatic and trade clash with the United States and other leading powers. Japans foreign minister Katsuya Okada issued what amounted to a formal protest at top-level meeting
Continue reading "Backlash over China curb on metal exports" »
August 30, 2010 -- (Source: Ars Technica) -- Those of you who have spent time staring at a periodic table are undoubtedly aware of the large insertions that are typically stuck below the chart, since theyd make the table unreasonably wide otherwise. The top of these two rows is typically called the Lanthanide series, and it contains
Continue reading "Use of rare earth metals outstripping supply" »
August 30, 2010 -- (Source: Asian Metals) -- On 28th Aug, China rejected a request from the Japanese government not to cut exports of rare-earth metals that are vital to the production of a wide range of electrical products, such as hybrid vehicles and liquid crystal displays.Asian Metal Copyright We are shocked, said an executive of a
Continue reading "Chinese Adamant on Rare Earth Metal Cuts" »
August 30, 2010 -- SHANGHAI (Source: Wall Street Journal) -- Chinas shares ended higher Monday, buoyed by the Federal Reserves pledge to support the U.S. economy and Beijings reiteration of the need to keep its macroeconomic policy stable for the rest of this year.
Continue reading "China Shares End Up On Statements By Fed, Beijing On Economy " »
August 30, 2010 -- (Source: Telegraph.co.uk) -- Chinas draconian export curbs on rare earth minerals needed by the rest of the world for frontier technologies is escalating into a serious diplomatic and trade clash with the United States and other leading powers.
Continue reading "Backlash Over China Curb on Metal Exports" »
August 30, 2010 -- (Source: Deutsche Welle) -- As the world becomes more dependent on technology, it also becomes more reliant upon rare metals and minerals. The EU is preparing a strategy paper to secure a long-term supply of the increasingly necessary materials. Its a little known fact that in order to stay in the technology manufacturing
Continue reading "Rare earths keep technology moving in Europe " »
Some enterprising people at Melbourne University have come up with, and published a plan for Australia to transition to 100% renewable energy within ten years. Best of all, they think it can be done in an “economically attractive way”. The plan, called the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan (the ZCA2020 Plan) is premised on the
Continue reading "The London REE Report: A Glimpse of the Future." »
Sunday, August 29, 2010
On Monday, August 15th our team sent an alert to RareMetalBlog Sponsors and Editors citing a large volume of traffic coming to our site. We linked the interest to the LYNAS investment in Northern Uranium (ASX: NTU) and several media stories that came out that weekend. This week in our RareMetal Week-in-Review, we thought we would do
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Sponsors Average +22.92% Increase in 10 Days." »
As per the news item below Toyota is going to setup a Joint Venture with India Rare Earth Metals (Indian Govt firm) to build a processing plant for Rare Earth Element production. Rare Earths in India are obtained from mineralized Beach Sands but from a world wide perspective production is very low. Here are another billion people
Continue reading "India: The Forgotten 1 Billion People and REE Requirements" »
August 27, 2010 -- (Source: The Australian) -- THE world will belong to the countries who control the resources, such as rare earth metals, which power the 21st century. In the magnificent banqueting room of Seouls presidential Blue House, Evo Morales suspended his rabid socialism last night to enjoy South Korean capitalist hospitality at its most bountiful.
Continue reading "MEDIA: Rare Resources Key in Power Battle " »
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Tracy WaterCooler REE Confessions - Rare Metals Moving Markets this Week. The London Reports Inelastic Demand The Premier League. Solar Power Arrives The Electric Age Mickey Fulp What Do the Drill Results Mean? An Analyst’s View Part II What Do the Drill Results Mean? An Analyst’s View Gareth Europe Beckons: The Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Workshop in
Continue reading "Rare Metal Blog Week in Review (August 21-28, 2010)" »
Friday, August 27, 2010
August 27, 2010 -- BEIJING (Source: AFP) -- China will build a multi-million-dollar research base on its east coast as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said Friday. Engineers have started to design the base, which will cost an estimated 495 million yuan (72.8
Continue reading "MEDIA: China Builds Base to Tap Deep-Sea Energy: State Media" »
August 27, 2010 -- HONG KONG (Source: Reuters) -- Chinas top rare earth producer, Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (600111.SS), is likely to use 9 percent of this years production to build a stockpile that could grow to up to 200,000 tonnes. The firm is expected to produce about 55,000 tonnes of rare earth oxides this year,
Continue reading "MEDIA: Top China Rare Earth Producer to Build Stockpile" »
Thursday, August 26, 2010
August 26, 2010 -- MONTREAL, QUEBEC (Source: Marketwire) -- Matamec Explorations Inc. (Matamec or the Company - TSX VENTURE:MAT) is pleased to announce that it has stripped and channel sampled the Surprise showing, located in the eastern part of its rare earths-yttrium-zirconium Zeus property (see Figure 1).
Continue reading "NEWS: Matamec has Samples Analyzed From the Surprise Showing" »
August 26, 2010 -- Hallgarten Companys Model Mining Portfolio: Performance Review (Christopher Ecclestone) for August was just released today. We noted that they have taken a long position in Ucore Rare Metals as their rare earthrepresentative in their mining portfolio...click here
August 26, 2010 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Source: Marketwire) -- Forum Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FDC) is pleased to announce an update from exploration programs on its projects in Nunavut and Saskatchewan. An extensive mapping and sampling campaign on uranium and rare earth targets followed by a large gravity survey has been completed on the North Thelon project
Continue reading "NEWS: Forum Uranium & Rare Earth Exploration Update" »
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association expects the UK market to grow to around 200-750MW by 2012, rising to over 4GW by 2020Life is about to get more expensive. Yesterday W. R. Grace Co put on rare earth surcharges for its fluid catalytic cracking catalysts, used to refine the petroleum products we all use so much and love.
Continue reading "The London REE Report: Inelastic Demand" »
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
August 26, 2010 -- MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- Peter Reeve, Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Australia Limited (IVA-ASX), announced today that it has awarded the construction contract for the decline access into the planned Merlin molybdenum and rhenium mine on the companys Cloncurry Project in northwestern Queensland.
Aug 25, 2010 -- (Source: BUSINESS WIRE) -- Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace Co. (GRA 24.53, +0.02, +0.08%) , today announced the implementation of a rare earth surcharge for its fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives for the petroleum refining industry. Effective October 1, 2010, Grace will implement a global rare earth
Continue reading "MEDIA: Grace Announces Rare Earth Surcharge for FCC Catalysts and Additives" »
August 25, 2010 -- Tantalus Rare Earths AG of Düsseldorf, Germany, with its 300km² Rare Earth project in Northern Madagascar, announces today the appointment three new members to its supervisory board, namely Mr. Jack Lifton, Mr. Benoit M. Violette and Mr. Ben Paton. The new members will join the existing board members and will add comprehensive experience
Continue reading "NEWS: Tantalus announces extension of supervisory board" »
Its going to be a strong day for interest in the rare metals market. How do I know? Its called numbers and right now we have had asignificant traffic this morning with over 1000 unique visitors on RareMetalBlog reviewing information. Emails are coming in from various sources extending their theories on the markets and my morning was
Continue reading "BLOG: WaterCooler REE Confessions - Rare Metals Moving Markets this Week." »
August 25, 2010 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Source: Marketwire) -- Bolero Resources Corp. (the Company or Bolero), (TSX VENTURE:BRU)(FRANKFURT:U7N1) announces that Aeroquest Ltd. has now commenced AeroTEM and Radiometric geophysical airborne surveys on the highly prospective Carbonatite Syndicate Rare Earth Claim Group, located 80 km northeast of Prince George, bordering Spectrum Minings Wicheeda Rare Earth discovery, that
August 24, 2010 -- VANCOUVER (Source: PRNewswire) -- Rare Element Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: RES; AMEX: REE) (Rare Element or the Company) is not aware of any material undisclosed information or corporate developments. The Company confirms that, further to its press release on August 18, 2010, it continues to work toward defining a commercial process for rare-earth-element (REE)
Continue reading "NEWS: Rare Element Comments on Recent Market Activity" »
August 25, 2010 -- (Source: Bloomberg) -- Aluminum Corp. of China, owner of the nation’s largest maker of the metal, is studying copper acquisitions and plans to start building its Toromocho mine as early as next month, President Xiong Weiping said.
Continue reading "MEDIA: Chinalco Studies Copper, Rare Earths Acquisitions; Builds Toromocho Mine" »
The Premier League. -- Throughout the recent economic calamity, and over the course of elections that have changed governments across the continent, Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels has not slowed.If China is going to start building and selling a million electric vehicles a year, as has been reported as part of their latest economic plan, in
Continue reading "The London HREE Report: The Premier League." »
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
August 23, 2010 -- (Source: Resource Investing News) -- The rush for rare earth element mining projects in British Columbia, as was reported last week, is just the tip of the iceberg in this increasingly lucrative market. Mining companies round the globe are looking for economically feasible projects to cash in on a market that has reached
Solar systems with a total power output of 2,300 megawatts were installed around the world in 2007. According to estimates from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), this figure will almost triple to 6,950 megawatts in 2010. In addition, solar energy will likely become less expensive thanks to more effective production methods and an increasing number of
Continue reading "The London REE Report: Solar Power Arrives" »
Monday, August 23, 2010
Later this week Ill be flying out to Europe, ahead of the 21st International Workshop on Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and their Applications - also known as REPM10 or simply The Workshop within the magnet industry.This Workshop will be held on the shores of the picturesque Lake Bled in Slovenia, and is the latest in a long
Continue reading "BLOG: Europe Beckons: The Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Workshop in Slovenia" »
It was noted on RareMetalBlog – Week in Review August 9 –14th, that (paraphrased) ‘I had posted on a couple of fascinating uses of Rare Metals in the Medical field. As many already know, I have always taken a fancy to learning where rare metals play a role in the health and medical sectors… be it in
Continue reading "BLOG: Rare Metals in Medicine – Challenge & Solutions" »
Monday, August 23, 2010 -- (Source: Proactive Investors) -- Rare earths developer Lynas Corporation (ASX: LYC) has popped up on the share register of Northern Uranium (ASX: NTU) acquiring 9,509,366 shares in on-market purchases in three tranches at $0.12 to $0.135 per share on 19 August 2010.
Continue reading "NEWS: Lynas Corporation Acquires Key 9.4% Stake in Northern Uranium" »
Collectively, the G-20 economies comprise 85% of global gross national product, 80% of world trade (including EU intra-trade) and two-thirds of the world population.If the 19th century was the age of King coal, iron and steel, and the 20th century the age of oil, petro-chemicals and plastic, the 21st century will go down as the age of
Continue reading "The London REE Report: The Electric Age" »
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Australian rare earths developer Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC | OTC:LYSDY) just released a rare earth price update that revealed the Mount Weld Composition price for rare earths has risen a hefty 102%...click here
Continue reading "NEWS: Lynas Provides Rare Earth Price Update." »
August 18, 2010 -- (Source: Daily Liberal) -- Alkane Resources is digging deep to extend the life of its proposed gold mine at Tomingley for which a development decision is just around the corner.At the same time its Sydney-based demonstration pilot plant is churning out more yttrium-heavy rare earth concentrate that’s in increasing demand worldwide. Information supplied
Continue reading "MEDIA: Alkane digging deep to extend mine’s potential" »
August 21, 2010 -- (Source: Daily Mail, by Ian Lyall) -- WHAT do hybrid cars, iPods and wind turbines have in common? The answer is all three rely on rare earth metals to function. If it is the first time you ve ever heard of rare earth metals, or rare earths as the mining cognoscenti like to
Continue reading "MEDIA: Miners in New Gold Rush for Rare Earth Metals" »
August 20, 2010 -- (Source: American Metal Market, By Meredith Mazzilli) -- The development of physically backed rare earth investment products will be a challenge, according to analysts in the sector, despite evidence of growing investor demand for the metals. Although the market for rare earths is primed for growth both in near-term price and long-term demand,
Continue reading "MEDIA: Rare earths ETF still far off despite investor interest" »
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The RareMetalBlog Editors are fans of Charn Deols from CACHE Explorations blog entries. This week he wrote Analysis: Rare Earth Monopoly a Boon to Chinese Clean Tech Firms. I was drinking mymorning Cokeand reviewing his comment where he answers Teks question -- TEK: Thanks Charn. If this is the legacy of Chinas growth, we can be assured
Continue reading "Rare Metal Blog: Week in Review (August 15-21, 2010)" »
Friday, August 20, 2010
You know we scan a slew of newsletters, sourcesand reports everyday;so we were surprised to see that Dr. Berrys Morning Notes, featured STANS Energy last month. How did we miss this? So rather than miss out on listing it in our archive, we are posting the excerpt and click here for access to the complete posting. THE
Continue reading "Dr. Berry's Morning Notes on Stans Energy: The Race for Rare Earths Heat Up." »
Thursday, August 19, 2010
August 19, 2010 -- VANCOUVER (Source: PRNewswire) -- Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE) (FSE: D7H) (the Company) is pleased to report that the results from the first hole of the 2010 drilling program at the Eldor Project, located in northeastern Quebec, confirm the potential for a significant new REE discovery at the Ashram Rare Earth Zone.
ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC, CANADA, Aug 19, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC.(CA:GMX 1.55, +0.03, +1.97%) (FRANKFURT: G1M)(OTCQX: GLBXF) is pleased to provide an update of work undertaken on our 942 hectares, 100% owned, Turner Falls Rare Earth project, 50 kilometres east -northeast of Kipawa, Quebec...click here
August 18, 2010 -- (Source: Jack Lifton) -- On July 15, 2010 I visited Rare Element Resource’s (TSX.V:RES) proposed mining site in Wyoming. When I got back to Detroit, I had to start preparing for the trip to China that I took at the end of July, so I am just now getting to write a report
Continue reading "BLOG: Some Thoughts On Rare Element Resources’ Bear Lodge Project" »
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