China is making rare earths attractive again
March 13.03th, 10:21 am Hasso Bergmann Not a day without new news from China on the economic situation and the government's measures. For us there is not a day without Dax records and discussions about the consequences of the financial repression and Draghi's bond purchase program that has now begun. As strange as it may look in the eyes of the Greeks - with a few exceptions the world experiences [...]
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Despite all the problems: rare earths - starts a recovery?
Bjoern Junker - 11 3 2015 It says a lot about the state of the rare earths industry that the third largest company outside of China - and owner of one of the most important projects for so-called heavy rare earths - is valued at less than $ 100 million. This is the Australian Northern Minerals (WKN A0LBN5), which recently launched a [...]
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China's market share for rare earths is dropping noticeably
China is losing ground in the rare earths that are so important to industry: four years ago the country had a monopoly with a market share of almost 98 percent - now there is some competition. China retains its enormous market power in the production of rare earths, but is slowly losing shares. While in 2010 97,6 percent of high-tech metals [...]
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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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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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New life for rare earths
Blandina Mangelkramer Kommunikation und Presse Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU scientists want to recycle the valuable substances with the help of algae Sustainable use of resources, for example rare earths, is a central issue when it comes to a large number of high technologies which are used, among other things, in the context of renewable energies. Since rare earths are very difficult to [...]
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No iPhone without rare earths. Fluctuating commodity prices are causing problems for companies
by Simon Frost Modern industries and high technology are not possible without raw materials such as rare earths. Even if prices are currently falling, the risks for companies remain. This is also due to the countries of origin. The prices for raw materials will also fluctuate sharply in the coming years. Despite recently falling costs for numerous industrial and precious metals as well as for crude oil, the [...]
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Recover rare earth from old fluorescent tubes
By Wolfgang Kempkens They are hazardous waste, discarded fluorescent tubes. They contain rare valuable substances, including the coveted rare earths. Now researchers at TU Freiberg have developed a process that recovers these raw materials - and is profitable. Rare earths live up to their name, at least when it comes to “rare”. Their value is high and easy to influence. China, [...]
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Rare earth as industrial gold
by Johannes Fritsche Schwarzwälder-Bote, December 04.12.2014th, 18 52:XNUMX pm Without rare earths, modern life and its technologies would be inconceivable. So it was only a matter of time before the main producer China stopped exports and put pressure on the West. Mayor Thomas Herzog presented a not so familiar, but important topic in the city's economic discussion on [...]
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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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