December 10, 2012 Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.
December 7, 2012 Afghanistan grants key copper and gold permits The government of Afghanistan announced Friday its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders, with a consortium backed by City of London banker Ian Hannam, former BHP…
December 5, 2012 Chinese companies harvest metals via ‘urban mining’ of electronic junk Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals
November 30, 2012 Lynas gets Malaysian rare earths plant going After months of polemic and legal battles, Australian rare earths miner Lynas (ASX:LYC) has finally begun production at its Malaysian processing plant following a recent court triumph.
November 29, 2012 Cost inflation to eat miners’ results in 2013 The rise of mining costs will have a more dramatic impact on the 2013 industry results than in the last couple of years, revealed Thursday global ranking agency Fitch Ratings.
November 26, 2012 Demonstrators march 300km on foot to protest rare earth plant in Malaysia Yet investor hopes remain undiminished
November 24, 2012 Shares in Australia’s Lynas Corp jump Shares in Australia’s Lynas Corp soared as much as 12% Friday after the company said its first shipment of rare earth concentrates arrived in Malaysia, indicating an imminent start of…
November 23, 2012 Molycorp explodes as insiders go on buying spree Traders follow company execs and pile into the rare earth miner sending the stock up 19%
November 22, 2012 China to start subsidizing rare earth miners as exports fall 18% in just one month Nothing, not even a month-long halt in production, has stopped REE prices from falling.
November 22, 2012 Chicago startup pioneers electric motors free of rare earth metals Switched reluctance motors to make their debut on electric bicycles
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
