July 20, 2011

Rare earths: China always one step ahead of the West

When news broke Thursday last week that China was raising REE export quotas for the second half of the year, ostensibly in reaction to a WTO ruling, it was greeted…

July 20, 2011

Raw Materials Supply Shortage Looms Over the Future Growth of Rare Earth Based Magnets

A new report from IMARC Group expects an exponential growth in the demand of rare earth based magnets in the coming years. A supply shortage of key raw materials, however,…

July 19, 2011

Canada stocks gain on strong commodities

Strong metal and oil stocks lift the TSX Composite Index Tuesday as the loonie rallies on expectations of eventual rate hike.

July 18, 2011

Commodities 2011 halftime report

Commodities don’t all perform in the same way. In any given year, a particular commodity will go gangbusters and outperform the group.

July 18, 2011

Russia offers Germany help on rare earths

WOLFSBURG Russia is offering Germany closer cooperation on rare earths as well as gas and oil supplies, a Russian official said on Monday ahead of an annual bilateral summit in…

July 15, 2011

Debunking the rare earth hype

China announced this week that it was nearly doubling its rare earths export quota for the next six months compared to last […]

July 15, 2011

Commodity falls and fears for stress tests see FTSE decline

Falls among commodity issues sapped the strength of Britain’s top share index yesterday, as worries over global growth clouded the demand outlook for metals and oils. At the close, the…

July 14, 2011

REE stocks fall back to earth as China raises export quotas

After surging last week, industry bellwether Molycorp led a slide in rare earth mining stocks with a 5% drop by early afternoon on Thursday on news China is raising REE…

July 14, 2011

Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp starts drilling at heavy Round Top Project

Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp.’s primary focus is developing its Round Top Mountain rare earth—beryllium-uranium project which also includes niobium, tantalum and gallium. Round Top is located in Hudspeth County,…

July 14, 2011

Critical minerals and materials

In this article I am going to take a look at three reports covering what the US and Europe consider critical or strategic minerals and materials.