December 30, 2014

Rare earths discovered in Peru

The discovery — located approximately 95 km northwest of Cusco— contains both light rare earth elements (LREEs) and heavy rare earth elements and metals (HREEs).

December 30, 2014

Chris Berry identifies commodity companies with the disruptive advantage

Game-changing disruptive technologies or sustainable end-user agreements are what companies need to succeed and he shares some likely names in the cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite—even uranium—spaces in this interview with…

December 30, 2014

Aussie toe cutters girding companies for the long haul

In Australia, when companies want to cut costs, they hire what are known as "toe cutters." These managers root out inefficiency and drive profitability.

December 29, 2014

China to soon lift restrictions on rare earth exports

Export taxes to remain at 15% – 25% until at least March 2015.

December 28, 2014

‘Green energy’ a casualty of low oil prices

Interview with Author Alex Epstein.

December 26, 2014

Best of the best: The most popular thoughts from 2014

Some of the most popular experts featured during the year and some thoughts you might want to consider as you prepare for 2015.

December 21, 2014

Sherritt makes big move on US-Cuba deal

Sherritt International (TSX:S), the natural resources company with extensive operations in Cuba, saw a whopping 42.9 percent gain between last Monday and Friday, resulting from an announced thaw in US-Cuba…

December 18, 2014

Gold and silver dominate November financings

Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo. Toronto and venture exchange companies raised $309M last month compared to $519M […]

December 17, 2014

Tantalus Rare Earths AG resource update published for the companies rare earths project in Madagascar with valueable results

The Technical Report[1] and updated Resource Estimate published clearly shows the significant developments taken in the past 18 months of the Tantalus Rare Earths AG (ISIN DE000A1MMFF4) project in Madagascar.

December 16, 2014

Chinese rare earth giant born

Owner of Bayan Obo mine Baotou Steel acquires five rare earth refiners with 73,500 tonnes capacity forming industry dominant China North Rare Earth Group.