April 27, 2012 Mount Kellett demands Baja CEO quit Mount Kellett Capital Management, a 20% shareholder in Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ), has escalated the war of words between the two companies by demanding the resignation of Baja CEO John Greenslade…
April 26, 2012 We need to talk about how rare earth prices are imploding Declines in Chinese rare earth export prices coming off 2011's record highs have been stark. But this year some light REEs have halved again and some heavies are now almost…
April 25, 2012 Nickel price decline halves Sherritt’s Q1 earnings Toronto-based Sherritt International had a rough quarter, revealing on Wednesday a 50% drop in earnings from $63 million to $32 million when measured against the same quarter of 2011.
April 25, 2012 Rare earth juniors have a five-year window: John Kaiser In 1992 in the junior mining sector, nobody was paying attention to diamonds. Then Lac de Gras was discovered. Within four years, there were 200 diamond exploration companies. Twenty years…
April 24, 2012 Broadcast live today: How James Cameron’s company will mine asteroids Google's billionaire co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron will officially announce today plans to mine asteroids. The company's presentation will be broadcast live today at 1:30…
April 23, 2012 China’s moves to stop REE price declines ‘likely to fail’ Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to…
April 19, 2012 Honda would like those rare earth metals back In another attempt to reduce its dependence on China's strangehold on rare earth element supply, Honda announced that its dealers will start to recycle old cars to extract the rare…
April 19, 2012 Not at the top: rare earth ranks fifth for supply risk In a supply risk index of chemical elements that are of economic value, four elements placed ahead of rare earth.
April 18, 2012 Canadian miner vies to be major rare-earth supplier The race is on for mining companies vying to become the world's next big producers of heavy rare-earth minerals, used to manufacture components for everything from vent fans for jet…
April 18, 2012 Cambodia, once secret, is now open for business: Richard Stanger Resource investors are always looking for the next untapped region and Richard Stanger thinks he has found it.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
