October 4, 2016 US remains almost entirely dependent on China rare earths US imports 91% of its rare earth needs from China as low price environment bankrupts producers and stalls projects elsewhere.
October 3, 2016 41 interesting facts about Tesla Motors Regardless of where a person stands on Tesla and Elon, the story remains downright fascinating for many reasons.
October 3, 2016 China to reach target in cutting coal overcapacity by year-end The world’s biggest coal producer expects to reach targets for cutting unneeded capacity by the end of 2016, which is earlier than planned.
September 30, 2016 Precious metals, nickel, zinc likely to outperform over next 2 years — analysts The commodity research teams at Macquarie and Barclays, however, are not as optimistic when it comes to potash, aluminum and steel.
September 28, 2016 US miner goes after rare earths in the Cook Islands Texas-based Ocean Minerals says the area is also rich in scandium, a key ingredient for making an extremely light, strong, corrosion resistant, heat tolerant and weldable alloy.
September 28, 2016 Kenya promises a more organized mining sector The government will conduct a year-long airborne survey to map mineral deposits.
September 28, 2016 Avalon announces results of positive preliminary economic assessment for its Separation Rapids lithium project The purpose of the PEA was to investigate the potential for recovery of a lithium product suitable for the battery market from Avalon’s lithium resource near Kenora, Ontario.
September 27, 2016 Copper, platinum key to future of auto industry, mining financier says The current lithium frenzy will end badly while gold bugs should look at the riper opportunities available in copper and platinum, according to mining financier Robert Friedland.
September 26, 2016 Rethinking resource investing The explore-develop-produce model cannot be eliminated, but there are plenty of models that work within it or alongside it. Two are worth mentioning.
September 23, 2016 Rare metals expert predicts North American shortage of lithium for EVs The amount of lithium being produced in North America will not be enough to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles, but the problem could be alleviated through recycling, says…
Indonesian forces rescue 18 Freeport workers from rebel siege in Papua The workers were fixing one of Freeport's electric towers in Tembagapura district in the mountainous Central Papua province. January 16, 2026 | 11:13 am
