December 18, 2012

The rare earth sector needs these three things to prosper

We need a lot more clarity regarding Japanese demand and Chinese supply.

December 17, 2012

China slashes rare earth mining rights in half

China seeks to strengthen pricing ability on rare earth market

December 13, 2012

Molycorp shares dive as CEO quits and firm faces investigation

Shares of rare earth miner Molycorp were falling Thursday morning as the company’s president and chief executive, Mark Smith, left without explanation and the company revealed it was under investigation…

December 13, 2012

Alabama Graphite Corp. drills a 152.4m (410 ft) intercept at its Coosa graphite project, Alabama

Included in this sample: 152.4m (410 feet) interval was 9.14m (30 feet) grading 3.55% Cg and 19.81m (65 feet) grading 3.78% Cg.

December 12, 2012

A critical year in review: what’s next?

As the year comes to a close and we prepare to extend our coverage further, we are revisiting our most popular expert interviews from 2012.

December 12, 2012

Ancient plant dye used to make eco-friendly biomass batteries

Ancient plant dye acts as outstanding organic electrode

December 11, 2012

Fresh crisis at Lynas

Won't be allowed to treat waste in Malaysia. Shares suspended.

December 10, 2012

Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report

Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.

December 7, 2012

Afghanistan grants key copper and gold permits

The government of Afghanistan announced Friday its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders, with a consortium backed by City of London banker Ian Hannam, former BHP…

December 5, 2012

Chinese companies harvest metals via ‘urban mining’ of electronic junk

Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals