November 10, 2011

Texas Rare Earth Resources contracts Gustavson Associates, LLC to perform scoping study at Round Top Heavy Rare Earth Project

DENVER & SIERRA BLANCA, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. (OTCQB:TRER), a heavy rare earths exploration and development company, today announced that Gustavson Associates, LLC, a subsidiary of Walsh Environmental…

November 9, 2011

Avalon Rare Metals delays slightly Nechalacho heavy rare earth bankable feasibility study

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (PINK:AVARF) announces that it is continuing to make steady progress towards defining the metallurgical process flowsheets for the Nechalacho heavy rare earths ore. Results are…

November 9, 2011

John Kaiser: rare earth companies poised for comeback

The companies in a race to produce critical heavy rare earth elements by 2016 are already way ahead of their smaller competitors.

November 8, 2011

Rare Earth Metals Inc. outlines a number of heavy rare earth targets on Its Dory Pond area, Red Wine Property

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, Nov 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Rare Earth Metals Inc. ("Rare Earth Metals", "RA" or the "Company") CA:RA +12.50%RAREF +5.83% (otcqx:RAREF) is pleased to report that…

November 8, 2011

Texas Rare Earth Resources receives approval by the Texas General Land Office to expand its exploration efforts at Round Top

DENVER & SIERRA BLANCA, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. (OTCQB:TRER), a heavy rare earths exploration and development company, today announced that its supplementary operating plan to expand exploration activities…

November 6, 2011

US strategic rare earth reserve closer after key Chinese exporter stops production

A temporary production stoppage by China's largest rare earth exporter makes the creation of an American rare earth stockpile more likely, according to a report by dealReporter that appeared in…

November 6, 2011

Pencil in some great graphite buys

Call us old-fashioned, but it's good to see a battling junior get a break for a change. Back in the heady days of 2007, Syrah Resources (SYR) floated with a…

November 3, 2011

Formation Metals loses financing but continuing to develop Idaho cobalt project

Stock in Formation Metals (TSE:FCO) plunged 13% today after a European bank decided to terminate its loan agreement with the Vancouver-based company. The $79.5 million loan from BNP Paribas was…

November 3, 2011

Portrait of the family behind America’s ‘most significant heavy rare earth deposit’

Bloomberg looks at the family behind Bokan Mountain, America's "most significant heavy rare earth deposit." The Bokan is located on an island in the south part of the Alaskan Panhandle.…

November 2, 2011

Tenke Fungurume gets green light for $850 million expansion

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has approved a US$850 million expansion to the Tenke Fungurume mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lundin Mining, a partner at the mine…