Rare earths: China is firmly in the saddle, despite millions in investments by the Pentagon China is closely guarding its dominant position in rare earths and the production of permanent magnets, which are relevant for climate technologies and the military. An Asia expert warns that China is exerting influence on western industry, which hardly exists, through hidden ties. Mike Pompeo traveled […]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
Guest author: Stephan Bogner [KommA] The former managing director of Neo Material Technologies Inc. said shortly before the takeover by the industry giant Molycorp that rare earths are not called rare because they are really rare, but because it is very difficult to find them Extracting items one at a time and that it takes a great deal of expertise to be successful. Published today [...]
May 08.05.2014, 4 (www.1investors.de) The shares of the rare earth producer Molycorp (WKN A2C12GY / NYSE MCP) fell by almost 2014% yesterday in after-hours trading on the NYSE. The company reported a net loss of 40 cents per share for the first quarter of XNUMX, which was even higher than expected by the market. Colorado-based Molycorp reported [...]
It appears that the fight against illegal mining and smuggling of material will continue, as you can see from the price table at the end of this report. The other reason is that industry is consolidating within China, preventing more precise control of production. The consolidation, with the exception of Ce and La, can [...]
Frankfurt (BoerseGo.de) - According to a newspaper report, Chinese exports of rare earths could fall to a 10-year low this year. Commerzbank reported in “TagesInfo Rohstoffe” about an article in the Chinese newspaper “China Daily”, according to which 12.000 tonnes of rare earths are to be exported this year, which is less than in ten years. [...]
Rare earth prices took a roller coaster ride. Budding producers like Lynas also have a hard time. This article comes from Ingrid Heinritzi >> to the original article << In April 2012, China founded the trade association for rare earths. There is still disagreement about whether this will be accompanied by a reasonable price development or whether China's monopoly position will be strengthened even further. [...]
Molycorp closes acquisition of Neo Material Technologies on June 21.06.2012, XNUMX www.institut-seltene-erden.org - It was another eventful month in the rare earth sector (REE), although prices are still low. Investor focus has been primarily on a major merger and the potential market-changing guidelines announced in China. Molycorp completes acquisition The [...]