October 4, 2013 Uses of rare earths part one: Light rare earths Rare earth elements have wide commercial applications.
October 3, 2013 Molycorp stock jumps as plant revamp nears completion The U.S. company announced two of the final milestones in a $1.25 billion modernization and expansion at its main mine, Mountain Pass in California.
October 3, 2013 Rick Mills: Greenland is the final frontier for lower-cost mining Greenland's easy access to seaborne freight gives it a tremendous cost advantage over northern Canada.
September 24, 2013 Avalon Rare Metals lead mad surge in rare earth juniors Explorer advancing what would be Canada's first rare earth mine is up 80% in three months.
September 18, 2013 Pro-or seizes market opportunity with platinum recycling technology Every year, nearly 15 million North American cars expire—and recycling the platinum group metals within them is far cheaper than building a three-mile mine shaft in a faraway country.
September 18, 2013 Canada to boost support for mining, but faces challenges The government is fine tuning details of an aggressive campaign to promote Canada’s mining sector abroad, and so redirect trade spending and foreign affairs to core economic interests.
September 18, 2013 Scrap your Wall Street career plans, study mining and agriculture instead: Jim Rogers "The power is shifting again from financial centres to the producers of real goods. The place to be is in commodities: raw materials and natural resources."
September 17, 2013 South Africa open to modifying controversial mining bill Both companies and legal experts have criticized extensively some of the clauses, which it makes the law "unconstitutional."
September 15, 2013 Billionaire miner Robert Friedland sounds off "We’re much closer to the bottom of this cycle than you imagine. This is not the end of the super-cycle."
September 5, 2013 Global mining deals down 74% and not much hope for 2014 PwC said the statistics reflected a shift by miners from buyers to sellers.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
