June 6, 2011

Ucore acquires new strategic rare earth properties in Alaska

Ucore Rare Metals acquired significant additional rare earth-prospective land holdings in Alaska. D uring May, 2011, the Company completed staking of a substantial claim block in the northern Ray Mountains…

June 5, 2011

China tightens grip on rare earth supply as Baotou gobbles up 35 small miners

Baotou Steel Rare Earth (Group) Hi Tech Co, the world's largest rare earth producer, will consolidate 35 local miners this month and further unify the distribution and processing of the…

June 3, 2011

Rare-earth stocks

Nearly a year has passed since Molycorp hit the stock markets with its IPO. And considering this stock’s popularity today, it’s astounding that this IPO had flown under the radar…

June 2, 2011

China’s Jiangxi ups rare earths profits 166% to $144m in first quarter

Commodity Online online reports on Thursday rare earth monopoly China’s Jiangxi Province saw its output surged 30.15% year on year to 5,694 metric tons in the first four months of…

June 2, 2011

Molycorp Positioned for a Fresh Rally

MCP reported earnings May 11 in the middle of this slide. After 10 days of consolidation below the 50-day moving average (DMA), MCP is finally making a breakout move. Buying…

June 2, 2011

Seymour Ventures announces launch of 2011 exploration program on the Mount Bisson and Xeno rare earth properties

Seymour Ventures' wholly owned subsidiary Rare Earth Industries Ltd. (REI) is pleased to announce that it has commenced the exploration work program on the Mt. Bisson and Xeno rare earth…

June 1, 2011

The world is not running out of natural resources

Let me begin by saying that I believe the premise of this question is mistaken. It is quite incorrect to think that fossil fuel resources are finite. It may be…

May 31, 2011

Globe Metals shares up on rare earth find

Shares in Africa-focused Globe Metals and Mining shot up on Monday after it released positive rare earth exploration results. Chinese state-owned firm East China Minerals Exploration and Development Bureau last…

May 31, 2011

Rare earths a magnet for investors again

This is what happens when you corner a market the way China has done with rare earth elements: Statistics collected in Hong Kong show exports of rare earth metals have…

May 27, 2011

Chinese rare earth producer gets approval for rare earth exchange – report

China's biggest rare earth producer, Baotou Steel Rare Earth (Group) Hi Tech , has won local government approval to start an exchange to trade the increasingly lucrative metals used in…