October 10, 2012

Rare Element reports on progress of metallurgical testwork on Bear Lodge rare earth project

The company announces that in-depth metallurgical and process data are being developed to be incorporated into the Bear Lodge rare earth project's definitive Feasibility Study scheduled to commence in Q1…

October 7, 2012

China uncovers large nickel reserve

Officials expect reserves to grow

October 2, 2012

Frontier Rare Earths jumps 10% on Korea talks

Frontier is advancing the Zandkopsdrift rare earth project in South Africa and in December sold 10% of the venture to Kores for $23.8 million. The South Korean state-owned company now…

September 29, 2012

Ancient Buddhist statue found in Tibet carved from meteorite

A Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet in the 1930s was carved from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, revealed Elmar Buchner of the…

September 28, 2012

Inner Mongolia Rare-Earth to participate in asset reorganization between Ganzhou Chenguang, Sunyoung

Inner Mongolia Rare-Earth announced on September 27 that the company will participate in the material assets reorganization between Ganzhou Chenguang Rare Earths New Material Shares CO., Ltd. and Sunyoung Properties…

September 27, 2012

Solvay begins operations at 2 rare earth recycling plants in France

Solvay is officially opening two rare earth recycling units in France today. The plants obtain rare earths from end-of-life equipment such as low-energy light bulbs, batteries or magnets.

September 22, 2012

2,900 mines closed down in China’s coal and rare earth region

Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage…

September 21, 2012

Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger

Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.

September 20, 2012

Now on! Rare earth clearance sale

Talk of a bottom in rare earth prices seems premature as China's magnet factories run at 40% capacity.

September 20, 2012

Brazil a step closer to fully mining the Amazon

A controversial project to mine Brazil's vast indigenous territories in the Amazon, to be presented at the South American country’s Congress in October, has revived a long-dragged confrontation among authorities,…