October 23, 2011

Molycorp spends $114 million to accelerate rare earth production by three months

Molycorp (NYSE:MCP), the only rare earth producer in the Western hemisphere, announced on Thursday that it plans to spend $114 million to accelerate by three months the start-up of its…

October 23, 2011

Charge time for an electric car dropped to just 10 minutes

In the race to make electric cars a viable alternative to internal combustion engines, Nissan announced that it had developed technology to charge a car in 10-minutes. The time it…

October 20, 2011

Quantum CEO urges U.S. to counter China’s rare earth strategy; Nebraska site helps secure America’s rare earth metals needs

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 20, 2011) - Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. (TSX VENTURE:QRE)(OTCQX:QREDF)(FRANKFURT:BR3) (http://www.quantumrareearth.com/) CEO Peter Dickie is calling for the U.S. to accelerate effor...

October 19, 2011

Commerce Resources Corp. Intersects Significant Heavy Rare Earth Element Mineralization at Ashram, E

_ VANCOUVER, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Commerce Resources Corp. The initial two drill holes were successful in intersecting significant Middle and Heavy Rare Earth Oxide ("MHREO") enrichment at and…

October 19, 2011

Pentagon should stockpile rare earth materials: Coffman

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, is pushing the US Department of Defense for the establishment of a national inventory of rare earth…

October 18, 2011

China’s largest producer of rare earth shutting production to stimulate the market

Reteurs reports that Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech is suspending production hoping to stimulate an over-supplied the market.

October 17, 2011

Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. happy to be in the news

Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. (TSX VENTURE:QRE)(OTCQX:QREDF)(FRANKFURT:BR3) ("Quantum", the "Company") is the focus of a recent special report in Larry Oakley's Conservative Speculator financial newsletter. According to the investment report,…

October 17, 2011

IAMGOLD plans to keep on buying

IAMGOLD Corporation, which produces nearly one million ounces of gold each year, is looking is looking for projects capable of 150,000/oz of gold per year and has two million oz…

October 15, 2011

Huge rare earths potential in Afghanistan; security issues remain

As the U.S.-led Afghan campaign lurches into its second decade, the country's vast untapped mineralogical resources are again emerging in the Western media, seemingly underpinning the benefits of International Security…

October 12, 2011

REE Results from Kirrin’s Grevet Property Include 20% TREO

CALGARY, CANADA--(Marketwire - Oct. 12, 2011) - Kirrin Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KYM) today announced analytical results from the second round of sampling at its Grevet REE property in northwestern Quebec.…