January 25, 2013

Jamaica gives the green light to rare earth feasibility study

The mining of rare earth minerals in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica has come a step closer after its government gave the go-ahead to the feasibility study for a proposed…

January 22, 2013

Keys to rare earth companies’ success: Innovation, cost efficiency

Demand for rare earths remains; it's just a question of who can supply them first—and at what cost?

January 18, 2013

STATS: China’s fixed investment in mining is putting the rest of the world to shame

Mining capex was up 12% to $211 billion last year.

January 17, 2013

CHART: The resource boom ended in 2011 already

And why it's great for stocks.

January 17, 2013

Painting a rosy picture of lithium and tantalum

Quebec junior’s Rose project to make the most of rapidly changing market for critical minerals

January 17, 2013

Rare earth minerals discovered in Carribean soil

The Jamaican government has announced the discovery of an abundance of rare earth minerals in its soil by a team of Japanese scientists.

January 15, 2013

Greenland rare earths: PM would welcome ‘thousands of Chinese workers’

Autonomous Danish territory is "too reliant" on fisheries and EU subsidies.

January 10, 2013

While your shares were tanking, Molycorp was funding research to eliminate need for rare earths

Molycorp is down 22% after putting on hold production expansion. Yesterday the miner gave money for a new $120 million institute tasked with finding alternatives to the very stuff it…

January 10, 2013

Japan to scour the bottom of the Pacific for rare earth deposits

Scientists from Japan plan to search the floor of the Pacific Ocean for rare earth deposits in bid to reduce the nation's dependence on China for the key industrial materials

January 9, 2013

Miners warned about Myanmar, Tajikistan and Bolivia investments

These aren't the only countries facing creeping nationalization