Dealers have to take back old electrical appliances in the future
A new draft law by Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks (SPD) wants to oblige businesses in the future to take back old electrical devices when buying a new device of equal value. With the reform of the electrical law, the federal government is planning to recycle more valuable metals from old devices such as cell phones, toasters and modems. The new take-back obligation is intended for shops with more than 400 square meters of sales area and [...]
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Deutsche Rohstoff and Almonty Industries settle all claims related to the acquisition of the Wolfram Camp Mine
BY DEUTSCHE ROHSTOFF ON FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Heidelberg / Toronto. Deutsche Rohstoff and Almonty Industries announce that they have concluded an agreement with which all claims under the provisions of the share purchase agreement (SSA) of September 22, 2014 are now fully settled. According to this agreement, the amount of the convertible bond that Deutsche Rohstoff AG received as part of the sale of Almonty is reduced [...]
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Price recovery for strategic raw materials
February 17.02th, 10:26 am Hasso Bergmann After Beijing had already tilted its export quotas at the beginning of the year, the export tax is also set to fall as part of the WTO ruling at the beginning of May. This ranges between 15 and 25% depending on the metal. Such a measure could well put the prices under pressure, writes the Frankfurter Tradium GmbH in its latest market report. However, [...]
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An amazing turn
by Heidi Gmür, Sydney When China tightened its export restrictions for rare earths, prices exploded and western countries panic. Now Beijing is bowing to the verdict of the World Trade Organization and lifting it - and what happens? Nothing. The defense of Beijing looked original at best. After the USA entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) [...]
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German Commodity: Investment Almonty Industries Announces Planned Merger with Woulfe Mining
BY DEUTSCHE ROHSTOFF ON JANUARY 27, 2015 · ADD COMMENT Leading tungsten producer outside of China is established in Heidelberg. Almonty Industries announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent with Woulfe Mining to merge the two companies into the leading tungsten producer outside of China. The transaction is expected to close in the next 30 days. The full report can be found on [...]
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China: Removal of rare earths endangers nomads
China: Nomads from Inner Mongolia protest against land grabbing and environmental destruction - Memorandum documented: The mining of rare earths endangers Mongolian nomads in China. China's nomads in Inner Mongolia are acutely threatened by land grabbing and the consequences of mining. "When the German economy celebrates the release of the export of rare earths recently decided by China, [...]
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High-tech metals cheaper - steel prices remain suspended in 2015
While the manufacturers of many high-tech products can count on cheaper raw materials in the New Year, the prices for car sheet metal or building materials made of steel remain difficult to predict. On the one hand, producers - and in the end possibly also consumers - should benefit from the significant drop in prices for some rare earths, according to experts. These are electronic raw materials that are used in LCD screens, cell phones, batteries, energy-saving lamps [...]
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PR expert Michael Oehme explains how China facilitates access to rare earths
Implementation of the WTO ruling: China drops its export restrictions for rare earths St. Gallen, January 12.01.2015, 18. After the arbitration ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) passed in August, China apparently refrains from the export restrictions for rare earths. The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing announced that in future only export permits will be required for exporting the XNUMX metals. According to the […]
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Rare earths - China lifts export restrictions in complete surprise!
As recently as December last year, Beijing vehemently defended the export quotas for rare earths that were officially introduced in 2010 for environmental reasons, although the WTO declared them inadmissible in 2013. The surprise was all the greater when the Chinese government announced at the beginning of the week that it would in future waive the controversial export restrictions in order to reduce the state's influence on the [...]
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Dominican Republic: Looking for * Rare Earth * in the Sierra de Bahoruco
27 Dec 2014 08:21 Santo Domingo - The National Geological Service (SGN), the Ministry of Higher Education and universities from Spain and the USA announced at the beginning of December that the search for "rare earths" ores in the Sierra de Bahoruco, in the southwestern province of Pedernales. The name of the rare earth comes from [...]
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