USA on the long road to independence from China
The US is having a hard time breaking its dependence on Chinese rare earths The US Department of Defense has just promised to finance two rare earth separation facilities on US soil. It's a small step towards the Trump administration's stated goal of breaking the country's reliance on Chinese supplies of critical minerals. But the direct [...]
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In the middle of the US-Chinese trade war, the US hopes to forge Canada for a commodity alliance
In the midst of the US-China trade war, the US is courting Canada to forge a raw materials alliance Canada has a lot to offer the US when it comes to the supply of critical minerals. President Donald Trump's offer to buy Greenland was not well received by either the inhabitants of the world's largest island or Denmark, [...]
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Molycorp: Significant reserves increase
Molycorp: Significant Reserve Increase 16.04.2012/36/XNUMX Greenwood Village - The American rare earth producer Molycorp recently published its latest estimates of the company's reserves. And these can definitely be seen. After all, the rare earth reserves in the Mountain Pass mine rose by a remarkable XNUMX percent. As the company announced, the company currently has proven and probable reserves in the amount of [...]
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Molycorp Minerals Inc.
Colorado-based Molycorp, Inc. is the sole producer of rare earth oxides, or REO, in the western hemisphere and currently produces over 3.000 tons of commercial rare earth materials annually. In addition to its rare earth mine and processing facility in Mountain Pass, California, Molycorp also has a majority stake in Molycorp Silmet AS with [...]
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