April 10, 2012 GeoMegA closes the second tranche and completes its brokered private placement GéoMégA owns 100% of the Montviel Rare Earths/Niobium project in northern Quebec.
April 10, 2012 Molycorp’s rare earth reserves jump 36% U.S.-based Molycorp, Inc., one of the only non-Chinese producers of rare earths, announced today that its proven and probable reserves of rare earth minerals at its Mountain Pass, California facility…
April 10, 2012 Rare earths shortage would spur Pentagon action, official says The Defense Department would intervene in case of a shortage of rare earth materials for defense electronics and motors, Brett Lambert, the Pentagon official responsible for industrial policy, said.
April 9, 2012 $8.4 billion rare earth deposit discovered in Brazil Brazilian miner World Mineral Resources (WMR) has found a large reserve of neodymium, one of the 17 rare earth elements, in the western Bahia state, which could bring US$8.4 billion…
April 9, 2012 Ready, set, go: China’s long-awaited rare earth industry group is already here In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for…
April 8, 2012 Gold juniors available at bargain prices: Brien Lundin What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of…
April 6, 2012 Molycorp is up 38% in 2012, but still cheap say analyst Molycorp’s mould-breaking deal with Neo Material Technologies has sent its shares rocketing and the counter is now up 38% so far this year, but some analysts say it's still a…
April 6, 2012 Molycorp, Inc. and Rare Element Resources Ltd. rise as China hoards rare earth metals The increasingly high prices and supply constraints have forced the US, along with Europe and Japan, to file a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization. China holds approximately…
April 5, 2012 Rare earth supplies in U.S. to meet defense needs, Pentagon says Domestic rare earth supplies will meet the U.S. defense industry’s needs by 2013 for the materials that go into military motors and electronics, according to a Pentagon report sent to…
April 5, 2012 Lynas rare earths plant in Malaysia gets momentary red light Malaysia's Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has postponed granting a temporary rare earths mine operating license (TOL) to Australian miner Lynas Corp. (ASX:LYC) until an outstanding appeal by residents to…
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am