Yen and gold rise from commercial war fear; Argentine peso drops
Investors stormed gold, safe-haven yen and bonds on Monday as they worried about an ongoing US-China trade war and global growth. Argentina's peso fell 15% after voters left a memorandum to the president. The yen rose against the dollar to its highest level in more than a year and a half, [...]
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China's US trade is collapsing again, but exports are rising due to higher demand from Asian neighbors
China's unexpected surge in exports in July was due to trading with Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea to offset the decline in sales to the US. According to analysts, trade between the US and China is expected to continue to decline, with a devaluation of the yuan likely not to offset higher tariffs The first year of the tariff war between […]
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Leclanché and the Government of Saint Kitts are implementing the largest solar energy production and storage project in the Caribbean
Leclanché and the Saint Kitts government are realizing the largest solar energy generation and storage project in the Caribbean Fully integrated solar photovoltaic and lithium ion battery energy storage The system will provide clean and reliable energy for the residents of Saint Kitts and Nevis BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis; DALLAS, USA, and YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland, August 7, 2019 - [...]
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Exports of rare earths declined by 27% in June, which may affect US manufacturing
Jul 25.07.2019, 3.966 - China exported 26,8 tons of rare earths in June, a decrease of XNUMX percent compared to the previous year. This emerges from data released Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs (GAC). Analysts said the reduced exports would put pressure on the US and could affect a wide range of US manufacturing industries [...]
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Lynas and Blue Line Corp Sign Letter of Intent for Rare Earth Separation Capacity in the US
17.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - Australian Lynas Corporation Limited and Texan Blue Line Corporation are pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent for a joint venture. The goal is to develop and expand the rare earth separation capacity in the United States. Lynas is the largest producer of rare earth materials outside of China and has a [...]
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China trades in rare earth exports to reduce trade pressure with the United States
Jul 17.07.2019, XNUMX - The China National Development and Reform Commission held its regular press conference earlier this week, at which it highlighted the importance of the rare earth industry and outlined possible industrial development strategies in this regard, which will be published later. It was also mentioned that in the context of the Sino-US trade crisis, China was critical of trade pressures from countries
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Debate on supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite
Debate about supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite New Pentagon study speaks of graphite deficit (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on supply-critical minerals. (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on minerals that are critical of supply. - Member of the Advisory Board of Graphite One becomes [...]
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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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ROUNDUP: WTO rejects China's appeal in the dispute over rare earths
GENEVA / BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - China has again suffered a defeat in the dispute over its export restrictions for rare earths at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO arbitration tribunal on Thursday rejected China's appeal against its earlier decision that Beijing violated the rules of free world trade with export quotas for rare earths. Beijing did not have [...]
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