October 10, 2011 China slaps heavy new tax on coking coal, rare earths Reuters reports China will extend a resource tax – calculated on value rather than volume of production – on domestic sales of crude oil and natural gas from some regions…
October 7, 2011 Canasia doubles rare earth acreage in Quebec Canasia Industries Corporation ("Canasia" and the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CAJ)(PINK SHEETS:CANSF)(FRANKFURT:45C) wishes to announce that it has increased its rare earth acreage in the vicinity of the Eldor Discovery in Quebec.…
October 6, 2011 Asian shares rise on US data relief; commodities lead surge Asian stocks rebounded strongly Thursday after positive U.S. data provided some relief to investors gripped by the recent turbulence in markets, with regional commodities and oil plays surging.
October 5, 2011 Rarest rare earths will stay in short supply Despite worldwide efforts to reduce the consumption of rare earth elements, researcher IMARC Group expects strategies like substitution and recycling to have a little effect on demand for erbium, dysprosium,…
October 5, 2011 Commodities may rally 20 pct on emerging-markets growth, Goldman Sachs says Commodity prices may advance 20 percent over the next year as growth in emerging markets offsets the impact of the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe and a slowdown in developed economies,…
October 5, 2011 Molycorp discovers a new REE deposit Molycorp (MCP-N) has found a heavy rare-earth element (HREE) deposit near its Mountain Pass mine in California.
October 3, 2011 Rare earth metals: hope or hype? After a conference earlier this year in Juneau, Alaska, I bought into the belief that rare earth metals were in short supply, that Alaska could provide them, and that failure…
October 2, 2011 Substition hurts rare earth demand Subsitution is driving rare earth demand down, according to analyst Dudley Kingsnorth speaking at an industry conference in China. Kingsnorth is executive director of Industrial Minerals Company of Australia. Dudley…
October 1, 2011 How to mine 1,600 meters underwater Nautilus Minerals (TSE:NUS), a Toronto-based miner seeking to extract minerals from the ocean floor, uploaded some multimedia showing how it will mine the sea floor. The company is exploring for…
September 29, 2011 Price of abundant rare earths could halve as hybrid-makers find alternatives The price of the most abundant rare-earths are set to extend their decline from records this year as Japanese manufacturers, including Toyota the world’s top REE consumer, switch to recycled…
Zimbabwe to continue mineral purchases in 2026, central bank governor says The central bank has aggressively pursued a foreign currency accumulation strategy through mandatory mining royalties, outright gold purchases and leveraging on the rally in gold. December 28, 2025 | 09:29 am
