December 11, 2012

Fresh crisis at Lynas

Won't be allowed to treat waste in Malaysia. Shares suspended.

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.