Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate”
Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate” The export controls imposed by China on the high-tech elements gallium and germanium in the summer sent the economy into panic. According to a China expert, China only wants to gain room for negotiation in the technology war with this step. Just 430 tons of gallium and around 225 tons of germanium were produced worldwide in 2022. Nonetheless […]
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Tesla signs cobalt deal with Glencore
Tesla's reluctant attitude towards cobalt is a warning to others. The unpredictable Elon Musk strikes again. Just as his electric vehicle company Tesla seemed to be moving away from using cobalt in its batteries, he signed a long-term supply contract for the controversial metal with Glencore. This from the man who swore to remove cobalt from the Tesla product mix [...]
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The trade war bypasses the commodities sector
The trade war is bypassing the commodities sector A new report from BMO Global Commodities Research says that all Chinese trade is currently in trouble - on a global scale, mining companies have little to worry about. US trade is in free fall and total Chinese imports are likely to have declined 5% year over year, [...]
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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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Even rare earths affected by tax reform
In the future, rare earths in China will no longer be taxed according to quantity, but rather according to price. Experts fear a further increase in the illegal trade in the coveted raw materials. The resource tax is to be massively increased across China. According to the government's will, a tax of 22 percent is to be levied on light rare earth elements from northern China [...]
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Enormous natural resources in Afghanistan
Enormous natural resources in Afghanistan April 16.04.2012, XNUMX, Paris, Institute for Rare Earths and Metals - Afghanistan is rich in natural resources. This is an open secret. In an interview that the Institute for Rare Earths and Metals conducted with Mr. Atiq Sediqi, General Director of the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS), it became known how numerous, qualitative and [...]
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