February 26, 2012

Rare earth investment update

We've received a number of inquiries from Casey Research subscribers about our opinion on the current rare earth metals market. We have covered this topic previously, but this article, we'll…

February 26, 2012

Malaysians protest against ore processing

Thousands of people have rallied in Malaysia in a protest against an Australian miner's rare earths plant.

February 26, 2012

Molycorp fires up new rare earths plant

Molycorp, the company in the process of expanding and modernizing a mine and processing plant closed down in 2002, this week announced the sequential start-up of its Project Phoenix rare…

February 24, 2012

Thought the fight for control of Baja’s board couldn’t get uglier? Read on

Baja Mining is fighting attempts by Mount Kellett, a $6 billion asset manager, to stack the miner's board with its own nominees. Baja is accusing Mount Kellett of a takeover…

February 24, 2012

The next Molycorp? Frontier says it can produce rare earths by 2015

Mining and processing rare earths is a tricky business. Processing the materials is costly, and the supply of the 17 elements used in manufacturing everything from smart phones to electric…

February 24, 2012

Legal action may delay Malaysian rare earths plant

Malaysian residents opposed to a rare earths processing facility have launched a legal challenged that threatens to delay the project put forward by Australia's Lynas Corp.

February 23, 2012

Rare Earth element found far, far away; tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars

Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium — byproducts of the Big Bang. Some 300 million years later, the very…

February 23, 2012

Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited: Kvanefjeld Project-Major Technical Breakthrough: Atmospheric Leaching Extracts 90-95% of Uranium and Heavy Rare Earths

Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited (ASX:GGG) ("GMEL" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update on metallurgical developments that continue to enhance the Kvanefjeld multi-element project ( uranium rare…

February 14, 2012

Vale resuming Sudbury operations, says no 2012 production impact

Brazillian miner Vale SA said Tuesday it is gradually resuming mining at its underground nickel operations in Sudbury, Canada.

February 14, 2012

Death of DRC mining go-to guy will reshape country’s resource sector

Augustin Katumba Mwanke, the former governor of copper-rich Katanga province and go-to guy for resource deals, was seen by many as the power behind the throne.