April 16, 2012 U.S. Defense Department undervaluing importance of rare earths for national security: report The U.S. Defense Department needs to realize the dangerous consequences a potential lack of domestic rare earths may have on the U.S. weapon industry, suggests a latest study by the…
April 13, 2012 Processing plant to cost $302 million- 1/3 of Avalon’s rare earth project capex Avalon Rare Metals, whose Nechalacho rare earth prospect in Canada's Northwest Territories is in the midst of a feasibility study, today announced the results of a separate prefeasibility study for…
April 12, 2012 Rare Element Resources revises Bear Lodge economics. Stock is now up 75% for the year Rare Element Resources added 2.6% in after hours trade on Thursday after releasing a revised pre-feasibility study at Bear Lodge with improved economics, bringing its gains for the year to…
April 12, 2012 Lynas wins a battle, but war with Malaysians who oppose rare earth plant goes on In what could be considered a slight victory for embattled Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC), the Malaysian High Court ruled today against a request to review a recent…
April 11, 2012 Look ma, no rare earths Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years.
April 10, 2012 GeoMegA closes the second tranche and completes its brokered private placement GéoMégA owns 100% of the Montviel Rare Earths/Niobium project in northern Quebec.
April 10, 2012 Molycorp’s rare earth reserves jump 36% U.S.-based Molycorp, Inc., one of the only non-Chinese producers of rare earths, announced today that its proven and probable reserves of rare earth minerals at its Mountain Pass, California facility…
April 10, 2012 Rare earths shortage would spur Pentagon action, official says The Defense Department would intervene in case of a shortage of rare earth materials for defense electronics and motors, Brett Lambert, the Pentagon official responsible for industrial policy, said.
April 9, 2012 $8.4 billion rare earth deposit discovered in Brazil Brazilian miner World Mineral Resources (WMR) has found a large reserve of neodymium, one of the 17 rare earth elements, in the western Bahia state, which could bring US$8.4 billion…
April 9, 2012 Ready, set, go: China’s long-awaited rare earth industry group is already here In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for…
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
