China is rebuilding stocks of rare earths to raise prices
By Hongpo Shen - April 10, 2014 A look at the recently opened Baotou Rare Earth Products Exchange as well as the Rare Earth Stock Exchange reveals that rare earth prices in China have recently increased in strength. This development is supported by the Chinese State Bureau of Material Reserve (SBMR) [...]
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Tasman begins pre-feasibility study for rare earth project Norra Karr in Sweden
Press release April 8, 2014 Vancouver, Canada - Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV: TSM; Frankfurt: T61); (NYSE-MKT: TAS). President and CEO Mark Saxon Announces the Start of a Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for the Norra Karr Heavy Rare Earth ("REE") project in Sweden. After careful review, Tasman's management has selected a highly qualified team of engineers with experience in the REE sector in Europe. [...]
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Rare earth crisis in the Far East
February 6.02.2014, XNUMX Institute for Rare Earths and Metals - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe compared the current situation between China and Japan this week with the English-German relationship before the First World War. He continued: “... the two European countries were close trading partners, like China and Japan today. Friends of globalization and democracy have long preached [...]
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Rare earths - Inside January 2014
22.01.2014/2014/XNUMX Düsseldorf, Institute for Rare Earths and Metals - As expected, the hot topics at the beginning of XNUMX in the field of rare earths and metals are the announcement of China's export quotas, China's fight against smog, and China's first steps in the field of recycling and the very critical shortage of germanium. Export quotas for rare [...]
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Export quotas of rare earths for 1. Half year 2014
AdHoc News from the Institute for Rare Earths and Metals - December 18.12.2013, 2014 China yesterday announced its export quotas for the first half of 2014. As expected, fewer rare earths will be exported in 2013 than in 2,8. Overall, 7,3% less rare earths are exported from the People's Republic. These are composed of 1,8% heavy rare earths (HREE) and XNUMX% of the light [...]
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Outlook Strategic Commodities
Situation with rare earths At the end of November, Beijing published a list of 28 companies that will also be allocated export quotas for 2014. First of all, this means that the previous WTO ruling was unable to induce China to lift its export quotas. For the first time, a well-known company is listed by name as "unqualified" because in 2013 it was due to smuggling [...]
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First private storage program for rare earths was launched
Press release of the German Institute for Rare Earths and Strategic Metals from November 26.11.2013th, 26.11.2013 November XNUMXth, XNUMX Düsseldorf - The British company First European Minerals, headquartered in London, has launched a storage program for rare earths and strategic metals in cooperation with German companies. Both private and institutional interested parties have the opportunity to use these rare elements [...]
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TDK Overcomes Japanese Resistance and Founds Chinese Rare Earth Magnet Company.
Institute for Rare Earths and Metals, May 08.05.2013, XNUMX. The Japanese electronics group TDK Corporation announced that it will set up a joint venture with two other companies to manufacture rare earth magnets. It seems that the previous reluctance on the part of the Japanese government to take such a step has been overcome. Guangdong Rising Nonferrous Metals [...]
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Potential price reduction from lithium battery packs to 2025
Potential price reduction of lithium battery packs by 2025 27.07.2012/500/600 Institute for Rare Earths and Metals - The consulting firm McKinsey & Company has published a new analysis which indicates that the cost of lithium battery packs for electric vehicles is currently from 200-8 USD per kilowatt hour to XNUMX USD per kilowatt hour within the next XNUMX [...]
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China relies on high-tech cars for more market share
Inexpensive and good: China relies on high-tech cars for more market share 09.07.2012/2009/XNUMX - China is now the largest car market in the world. The competition between the country's automakers and multinationals in the Chinese market has grown fierce. In the past year, the market share of Chinese cars has shrunk. The industry is concerned. In XNUMX, China [...]
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