Deutsche Rohstoff and Almonty Industries settle all claims related to the acquisition of the Wolfram Camp Mine
BY DEUTSCHE ROHSTOFF ON FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Heidelberg / Toronto. Deutsche Rohstoff and Almonty Industries announce that they have concluded an agreement with which all claims under the provisions of the share purchase agreement (SSA) of September 22, 2014 are now fully settled. According to this agreement, the amount of the convertible bond that Deutsche Rohstoff AG received as part of the sale of Almonty is reduced [...]
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Price recovery for strategic raw materials
February 17.02th, 10:26 am Hasso Bergmann After Beijing had already tilted its export quotas at the beginning of the year, the export tax is also set to fall as part of the WTO ruling at the beginning of May. This ranges between 15 and 25% depending on the metal. Such a measure could well put the prices under pressure, writes the Frankfurter Tradium GmbH in its latest market report. However, [...]
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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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PR expert Michael Oehme explains how China facilitates access to rare earths
Implementation of the WTO ruling: China drops its export restrictions for rare earths St. Gallen, January 12.01.2015, 18. After the arbitration ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) passed in August, China apparently refrains from the export restrictions for rare earths. The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing announced that in future only export permits will be required for exporting the XNUMX metals. According to the […]
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Rare earths - China lifts export restrictions in complete surprise!
As recently as December last year, Beijing vehemently defended the export quotas for rare earths that were officially introduced in 2010 for environmental reasons, although the WTO declared them inadmissible in 2013. The surprise was all the greater when the Chinese government announced at the beginning of the week that it would in future waive the controversial export restrictions in order to reduce the state's influence on the [...]
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Researchers can filter rare earths from sewage
German middle class news | December 15.12.14, 21, 33:XNUMX pm Scientists want to recycle valuable substances such as rare earths with the help of algae. To do this, they filter industrial wastewater from spoil heaps. The metal ions of the valuable raw materials dock on the surface of the microalgae. Rare earths are used to manufacture high technology products such as smartphones and tablets. Scientists from the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) gain the elements [...]
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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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