December 19, 2012 Japan to subsidize underwater rare earth venture Tokyo’s new governor, Naoki Inose, announced the city would subsidize companies joining a project to mine rare earth elements from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island, to the southeast of Tokyo.
December 19, 2012 Canada Carbon to acquire past producing lump/vein graphite property and Two Flake graphite properties Canada Carbon to acquire past producing lump/vein graphite property and Two Flake graphite properties.
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.
Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper output The Florence copper project in Arizona is moving from build to operations as Taseko lines up its next phase of copper growth. January 13, 2026 | 06:10 am
