May 8, 2015

The lithium-ion battery megafactories are coming

Production capacity of lithium-ion batteries is anticipated to more than triple by 2020.

May 8, 2015

Cherry picking season

Prospecting, whether for precious or base metals, is of course the integral first step in the process of discovery, walking the bush and hammering rocks means boots on the ground.

May 8, 2015

China delays flake graphite restarts

Much of China’s flake graphite production remains offline following a prolonged suspension of operations in many areas due to severe winter conditions.

May 8, 2015

Rare Earth Salts close to commercialization of separation technology

Work has begun on testing process flow modeling for separations processing and commercial component feasibility. The test work aims to prove process flows and the scalability of RES’ proprietary separations…

May 6, 2015

The strange second life of the US only rare earth mine

As a name, Mountain Pass is as generic as they come. But, for a time, the mine supplied most of the metals used in the world’s electronics.

May 5, 2015

Survival guide for the mother of all bear markets from veteran bottomfisher John Kaiser

In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds to potash and zinc, Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser names for The Mining Report readers the companies that could…

May 4, 2015

Outside money starts to pour into mining M&A

Mick Davis hasn't spent a cent of his $6bn, but private money and non-mining players' share of M&A has already doubled in less than three years.

May 1, 2015

Tesla evolves with low cost utility battery launch

Last night Tesla Motors launched a new range of batteries that can power homes and commercial buildings at a fraction of the expected cost.

April 30, 2015

New report showing increased reshoring means greater U.S. minerals demand

Minerals are the bedrock of the manufacturing industry.

April 28, 2015

Ryan Castilloux’s State of the REE Market Address

In this interview with The Mining Report, Castilloux discusses four REE projects that continue to advance, as well as companies making strides with REE extraction and separation technologies.