tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84917934309609654542024-03-12T22:37:53.815-07:00Rare Earth Stocks ResearchRare Earth Elements (REEs) sources and applications, publicly-listed Rare Earth Metals stocks, clean energy investing, green mutual funds.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-35620213721717360872012-10-22T13:13:00.000-07:002012-10-22T13:13:58.760-07:007 Key Rare Earths and Stategic Minerals<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Molybdenum:</span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Corrosion-resistant
and able to withstand extreme temperatures, this super-strong metal
is used in everything from aircraft parts, railways, nuclear power
plants, skyscrapers, and automobiles to stainless steel products in
homes all over the world. Its growing popularity led the London Metal
Exchange to add it their list of traded commodities in 2008. And it's
such a crucial ingredient of India and China's rapid urbanization
that consumption is expected to double by 2020.</span></span></span></em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lithium:</span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One
of the most crucial metals in the world, lithium is</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">used
in medicines, ceramics and glass, and now powers laptops, iPhones,
and electric cars. Prices have already tripled over just the last
decade. The Techno-economic Research Unit Group sees demand more than
doubling by 2020, while the U.S. Department of Energy estimates
demand for large lithium batteries soaring from 10,000 metric tonnes
per year... to over 500,000 by 2050</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zinc: </span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's
the fourth most widely-used metal today </span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">— </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
for many good reasons. One reason is its role in strengthening steels
for the construction of buildings, homes ,and businesses. And
although China already consumes 59% more zinc than Europe, Japan, and
the U.S. combined, it </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>still</u></i></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> can’t
get enough as its demand continues outpacing production. Consulting
firm Beijing Antaike even projects a shortage of 100,000 tons by 2013
and 150,000 tons by 2014.</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: #ffffff;">Cobalt: </span></b></span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background: #ffffff;">Surging
demand for smartphones, iPads, super-alloys and high-speed steel
around the world has shot this metal up 600% </span></i></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">since
2002, with supply still trailing demand by 47%. And it’s only
getting started, as cobalt is also an essential ingredient in many
lithium-ion batteries set to power the electric car revolution, with
Credit Suisse estimating hybrid electric vehicle sales surging 1,525%
by 2020. No wonder this metal is considered so strategic that the
U.S., EU, Japan, and the Netherlands now require it for stockpile.</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em></div>
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sleeping right now... but make no mistake, the red metal is destined
for a massive rebound as huge swaths of China's rural population
continues flooding to the cities, creating a huge demand for any and
everything powered by electricity. Heck, China alone is expected to
triple its copper consumption by 2020, according to London’s CRU
Group. Then there's India, set to leapfrog over the U.S., Korea,
Japan, and Germany to become the world’s second-largest copper
consumer. In fact, Chile's own copper commission, COCHILCO, estimates
that in the next ten years, Indian demand for copper will grow from
600,000 tons to 3.4 million tons annually.</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em></div>
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of the most sought-after metals in the world, it has literally
thousands of uses in everything from stainless steel to rechargeable
batteries, special alloys, gas turbines, electric guitar strings, and
so much more. Not only that, the U.S. government considers nickel to
be so crucial that the Treasury can recall 5-cent coins at any time
for military purposes... Demand just keeps growing and growing. Right
now, China is quietly buying stakes in junior miners to lock in
supplies </span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">—</span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
is expected to account for 40% of global nickel consumption by 2015,
up from just 12% in 2004.</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vanadium: </span></span></span></strong><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's
the "plastic" of the 21st century: a super-light,
super-strong metal that's about to take center stage in the renewable
energy and electric car era. Adding just 0.09% of vanadium to steel
increases its strength by 100% </span></span></span></em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">—</span></span></span><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">while
decreasing weight and energy consumption by 30% — making it ideal
for use in buildings, bridges, cars, cranes, pipelines, ships, and
engines. In fact, when Subaru added it to the lithium batteries in
its G4e Concept cars, total travel distance from a single charge
soared from 40km to 200 km. No wonder China plans to double vanadium
output in three to five years, just to meet surging domestic
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Source: Energy and CapitalJoe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-6642750201468869162012-03-21T13:51:00.001-07:002012-03-21T13:54:06.602-07:00Rare Earth Elements cause international trade dispute<span style="font-weight:bold;">Rare earth minerals: From smart bombs to smartphones – what four major economies are fighting over</span><br /><br />by Josh Rubin, Toronto Star<br /><br /><br />Rare earths can be found in everything from big screen TVs to smartphone and smart bombs, which is why a global trade dispute has erupted over them.<br />Krzysztof Grzymaj¬ao/Dreamstime<br />A fight over obscure minerals used in the electronics industry pits four of the world’s largest economies against each other in a massive trade dispute that could take several years to resolve.<br /><br />Tuesday, the U.S., Japan and EU filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization claiming that China was illegally restricting the export of several so-called rare earth minerals, favouring Chinese manufacturers in the process.<br /><br />U.S. president Barack Obama railed against China’s efforts to restrict the exports, saying it was hampering competition in the electronics manufacturing market. China currently uses 70 per cent of the world’s supply of “rare earths,” including several used in the making of everything from glass on smart phones to industrial coatings and smart bombs.<br /><br />“We want our companies building those products right here in America,” Obama told an audience in Washington, D.C. “But to do that, American manufacturers need to have access to rare earth materials, which China supplies.”<br /><br />Here’s a look at what the dispute’s about, what it all means, and why Canada’s not actively taking part — at least not for now:<br /><br />Lantha-what?<br /><br />Though rare earths aren’t exactly household names, the minerals are found over much of the planet’s surface. The “rare” part of the name comes because they’re often spread so thinly, or mixed with so many other material, that extracting them can be a giant pain.<br /><br />Among the rare earths are such fun-to-pronounce minerals as lanthanum, dysprosium oxide and neodymium oxide. A form of lanthanum oxide is used in fuel cells for hybrid cars.<br /><br />Who cares?<br /><br />Manufacturers outside of China are keeping a close eye on the trade dispute. That’s because they’re more vulnerable than ever to interruptions in their supply chain, says Duncan Stewart, head of technology research at Deloitte Canada.<br /><br />“Decades ago, companies would have several month’s supply of parts and materials on hand. Now, that’s just not the case any more. Supply interruptions can have a real ripple effect,” said Stewart.<br /><br />Still, Stewart says most manufacturers haven’t experienced major shortages of rare earth minerals. At least not yet.<br /><br />A rare price<br /><br />China could be attempting to drive up the price of the various rare earths it mines, as well as ensuring its own manufacturers have a steady supply, says lawyer John Boscariol, head of the international trade division at McCarthy Tetrault.<br /><br />Those would both be no-nos, according to Boscariol.<br /><br />“If you’re doing this to favour Chinese companies, or drive up the price, the WTO rules say you can’t,” said Boscariol, adding the U.S.-led trade complaint is a strong one.<br /><br />“There’s a legitimate case here.”Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-16352785694646133612012-03-13T08:27:00.004-07:002012-03-13T08:32:06.121-07:00The West heads to WTO over China's rare earths hegemony<span style="font-weight:bold;">U.S.A., European Union and Japan oppose China's rare earth metals monopoly</span><br /><br />by JOE MCDONALD, BRUSSELS — Reuters<br /><br />The European Union, United States and Japan formally asked the World Trade Organization on Tuesday to settle a dispute with China over Beijing’s restriction on exports of raw materials, including rare earth elements critical to major industries.<br /><br />The EU’s trade chief, Karel De Gucht, said the three trading powers were making the dispute settlement request, the first step before filing a full trade case, following a successful EU challenge at the WTO on similar restrictions earlier this year.<br /><br />“China’s restrictions on rare earths and other products violate international trade rules and must be removed,” Mr. De Gucht said. “These measures hurt our producers and consumers in the EU and across the world, including manufacturers of pioneering hi-tech and ‘green’ business applications.”<br /><br />China accounts for about 97 per cent of the world’s output of the 17 rare earth metals, which are crucial for global electronics production and the defence and renewable-energy industries. They are also used in a wide range of consumer products, from mobile phones to electric cars.<br /><br />The dispute is one of several between Beijing and the world’s other three largest economic powers, as China’s rise changes the world economic order. It is the first case to be jointly filed by the EU, United States and Japan with the WTO, an EU official said.<br /><br />Mr. De Gucht said during a recent visit to Hong Kong that China needed to be sensitive to perceptions that its huge economy is a threat in Europe. The cost to EU businesses of China’s export restrictions runs into the billions of euros, officials say.<br /><br />Trade between the EU and China has boomed in recent years, reaching almost €400-billion ($524-billion U.S.) in 2010, but EU complaints against Chinese dumping range from the shoe industry to steel fasteners. De Gucht has in the past complained that China subsidizes “nearly everything,” making it hard to compete.<br /><br />An EU decision to make all airlines using EU airports pay for carbon emissions has brought threats of retaliation from China, as well as from the United States and Russia.<br /><br />Critics complain it is a tax, which infringes sovereignty. The EU says it is not a tax because it is based on buying and selling allowances on a market and airlines can avoid costs by finding other ways to offset their emissions.<br /><br />Japan has been worried about supply of rare earths, especially after fears that China held back shipments of rare earths as punishment after the territorial dispute last year.<br /><br />U.S. President Barack Obama is currently toughening his stance on China trade ahead of November’s presidential election. He recently created a new interagency trade enforcement centre, which is expected to be up and running in the coming months and whose primary focus is to make sure China honours WTO rules.<br /><br />Obama administration officials also have been considering a WTO complaint against anti-dumping and countervailing duties that China imposed late last year on U.S. auto exports.<br /><br />Beijing’s restrictions on exports of the valuable minerals became a flash point in 2010, when China halted rare earth shipments to Japan during a diplomatic dispute.<br /><br />The United States and the EU have long been expected to file a WTO case against China’s rare earth mineral export curbs, but appeared to be awaiting the outcome of a separate case against Beijing’s exports on a long list of other raw materials.<br /><br />That dispute was finally decided in favour of the United States, EU and Mexico in January after China lost an appeal to keep its raw material export curbs. Beijing has not yet announced how it intends to comply with the January ruling.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-82697026386256242302012-03-12T09:03:00.002-07:002012-03-12T09:05:35.219-07:00MolyCorp deal for rare earths technology worries some<span style="font-weight:bold;">Deal Shows China's Sway in Rare-Earth Minerals</span><br /><br />from Wall Street Journal<br /><br />SHANGHAI—Molycorp Inc.'s $1.3 billion deal to acquire a key processor of rare-earth minerals has sparked a warning from industry officials that it could reinforce China as the main source for specialized magnets used in consumer electronics and sophisticated weapons.<br /><br />Molycorp said Thursday it plans to buy Toronto-listed Neo Material Technologies Inc., one of the world's leading experts in chemistry needed to transform rare earths—minerals used in applications that range from car batteries to advanced weaponry—into specialized magnets. Molycorp said the deal creates the most diversified rare-earth company outside of China, which dominates the industry.<br /><br />The transaction, said Mark A. Smith, president and chief executive of Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Molycorp, links a world-class miner with a world-class processing company.<br /><br />But the deal also paves the way for Molycorp to ship minerals from its California mine to the Chinese operations of a Neo Material arm called Magnequench, in a reminder of how much technological rare-earth capability resides in China.<br /><br />Ed Richardson, president of the U.S. Magnetic Materials Association, says the plan is worrisome. The U.S. is already "dangerously dependent on China" for rare-earth-magnet materials, including to supply its weapons systems, Mr. Richardson said in an email. Molycorp's "export of U.S. rare earth assets into China will only exacerbate this problem," he added.<br /><br />Mr. Smith played down political and historical implications of the deal that now ties Molycorp, Magnequench and China. He said sending rare-earth oxides to China is a bid for "higher volume, higher margin" that will only reduce production costs in the U.S. and by implication boost supply of the metals for industrial users. "It does not in any way deplete our ability to serve the market outside of China whatsoever," Mr. Smith said.<br /><br />While much of the debate over China's hold on the rare-earths market has focused on mining, the Molycorp deal highlights China's ability to process mined oxides into metals that help electric cars hold their charge, make wind turbines turn and bring precision to military gyroscopes.<br /><br />Like most developments in the tiny but critical rare-earth industry, the merger is a response to China's market supremacy. Companies such as Molycorp and Australia's Lynas Corp. are trying to provide supply alternatives to China, which has 90% market share in many aspects of the industry. It comes as analysts predict a formal challenge of China at the World Trade Organization over its rules to limit export of some rare-earth materials, rules that Beijing says are meant to protect the environment but Washington labels a trade barrier.<br /><br />Analysts concur with Molycorp's assertion that the acquisition of Neo Material gives it significant new technological capability, particularly in powders used in sophisticated high-performance bonded magnets. The U.S. company becomes more global, with production and sales in a number of new markets. Molycorp argues that the deal also can lower production costs as the company restarts its California mine, which was once the world's No. 1 rare-earth mine before it was closed several years ago due to falling rare-earth prices and environmental concerns.<br /><br />Molycorp's acquisition includes magnet-materials maker Magnequench, the name of a Neo Material predecessor that started in the U.S. and later moved primary operations to China. Western nations, including the U.S., remain reluctant to permit often-polluting rare-earth processing. Molycorp itself last year dropped plans to build a rare-earth magnet plant in the U.S. in partnership with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan.<br /><br />General Motors Co. divested itself of Magnequench in 1995, and a group of investors including government-owned China National Non-Ferrous Metals Import & Export Corp. acquired the highly specialized producer of magnet materials. The investment group then opened a facility in the Chinese city Tianjin and closed an Indiana plant. For many rare-earth industry experts, that chain of events marked a shift toward China's domination of the industry that U.S. policy makers didn't expect.<br /><br />Neo Material's Tianjin plant and its other facility in China have spare processing capacity that Molycorp's Mr. Smith said he intends to exploit by sending output from the California mine to be processed there. Molycorp sold no material to Neo Technology in China last year, he said.<br /><br />The acquisition—coming amid cooling prices for rare earths and shares of the production companies such as Molycorp—will give existing shareholders of Neo Material about 14% of the combined company, a written statement from the companies said.<br /><br />Molycorp and Neo Material executives told analysts in a conference call Friday they had informed authorities in Washington and Beijing about the deal hours after the announcement and that they don't expect regulatory hurdles in either country.<br /><br />Constantine Karayannopoulos, the CEO of Neo Materials, said he expects Chinese authorities to honor existing quotas that permit its export of material the company produces once it becomes U.S.-owned. "The early indications are there shouldn't be any issue," he said.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-12925130672010683772012-02-25T17:22:00.003-08:002012-02-25T17:28:56.167-08:00California's Mojave Desert hosts USA's only rare eath minerals mine<span style="font-weight:bold;">A Visit to the Only American Mine for Rare Earth Metals</span><br /><br />by iFixit cofounder Kyle Wiens, from TheAtlantic.com<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt6gFIrUGFfp_sgwPeuZOPJnb6bV3FPO-6tv0NFlcW44GyLL1jbfHuGxaxukXsacfqTzmzKSKJ322X8Y1m_OBjllUSo_MHH4TVKepc2hfllegIFEJI9_bvqpJaBhNHAus-4lNQxkiOCk/s1600/molycorp+mountain+pass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt6gFIrUGFfp_sgwPeuZOPJnb6bV3FPO-6tv0NFlcW44GyLL1jbfHuGxaxukXsacfqTzmzKSKJ322X8Y1m_OBjllUSo_MHH4TVKepc2hfllegIFEJI9_bvqpJaBhNHAus-4lNQxkiOCk/s400/molycorp+mountain+pass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713249674814467954" /></a><br /><br />That big hole in the ground? It's a pit mine at the Molycorp Mountain Pass rare earth facility in California's Mojave Desert. Metals mined from pits like that were used to make the cell phone in your pocket and the computer screen you're staring at right now. I visited Molycorp two weeks ago, as part of our investigation into the sources and consequences of consumer electronics manufacturing.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">WHAT ARE RARE EARTHS?</span><br /><br />Molycorp is the only US company that produces the rare earth metals used in devices ranging from wind turbines and electric vehicles to missile-guidance systems and compact fluorescent lightbulbs. There are seventeen rare earth elements, including praseodymium (used to make photographic filters), neodymium (used to make permanent magnets in hard drives and other electronics), and europium (used to make fluorescent light bulbs and TV screens).<br /><br />Rare earths are used in a wide variety of electronics and clean energy technology. Somewhat counterintuitively, rare earths are not rare in the earth's crust; however, they tend to be dispersed in tiny quantities throughout the crust. They're often located within minerals such as bastnaesite and monazite, which makes them difficult and expensive to mine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE RISE AND FALL "AND RISE AGAIN" OF MOLYCORP</span><br /><br />At one point, the majority of the world's rare earths were mined at the Mountain Pass facility. Then, in 1998, Molycorp halted chemical processing at the mine following an environmental disaster; radioactive wastewater flooded the nearby Ivanpah Dry Lake. At the same time, China was dramatically increasing its rare earth production.<br /><br />The resulting lower market prices forced Molycorp to close their mine in 2002. Although Molycorp has continued to extract metals from stockpiles of ore mined at Mountain Pass, China now produces between 96% and 99% of the world's total rare earth supply. The government carefully allocates supply to individual companies to support domestic electronics production. In 2009, they cut export quotas of rare earths from 50,000 to 30,000 tonnes, sending already-high prices on international markets even higher.<br /><br />Molycorp has been working for several years to begin mining for rare earths once again, to help wean US manufacturers off Chinese imports. This year, they will reopen the Mountain Pass mine, an operation they've aptly named "Project Phoenix." Getting to this point, however, has been expensive -- about $1 billion so far -- and has required a lot of special environmental permits.<br /><br />In July 2010, Molycorp went public on the NYSE with an Initial Public Offering of $394 million. In December 2010, they secured permits to start building a mining and manufacturing center so they could resume mining light rare earth elements such as neodymium and europium. The next month, they started mining bastnaesite ore.<br /><br />In October 2011, Molycorp announced that they discovered a heavy rare earth deposit near their Mountain Pass facility and received permission to drill two months later. The heavy rare earths terbium, yttrium, and dysprosium are necessary for manufacturing wind turbines and solar cells, so the government has a particular interest in finding sources of those elements within the US.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT</span><br /><br />The Department of Energy released a Critical Materials Strategy report last month, which found that rare earths are necessary for clean energy technology, that the supply of those heavy rare earths is particularly at risk, and that Molycorp is the most promising rare earth project outside of China.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MOUNTAIN PASS TODAY?</span><br /><br />I first visited Mountain Pass just over a year ago, when I took the (HDR) photo above. The signs of Molycorp's expansion since then are striking: there are many more buildings (some presumably part of the new processing facility), lots of cars in the parking lot, and employees buzzing around.<br /><br /><br />A few weeks ago, Molycorp reported that more than 75% of their Phase 1 production (i.e. all the rare earths they will produce between now and the end of September, about 19,050 tonnes) has been spoken for. In preparation, Molycorp has been hiring and expanding dramatically: it plans to hire 25 people every quarter until it reaches 200 employees.<br /><br />Molycorp declined repeated requests to comment. When I stopped to take pictures of the mine, I got a chance to speak to a Molycorp geologist who was hired about 9 months ago and wouldn't give his name. He told me that the mine runs 24/7 because the equipment is hugely expensive; it couldn't be profitable otherwise. Most Molycorp Mountain Pass employees today have been hired within the last year, and most of them commute from Las Vegas. There isn't much in the way of housing in Mountain Pass, which has a population of 30.<br /><br />Around the facility, employees drive large Dodge trucks. The trucks have little orange safety flags on a tall pole so they don't get run over by excavators. No one's been run over yet, the geologist assured me.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">WHY DOES IT MATTER?</span><br /><br />By controlling the world supply of rare earths, China is trying to create a barrier for anyone attempting to manufacture electronics elsewhere.<br /><br />While most electronics are still manufactured in China, plants are opening around the world. The electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, for example, has several plants in Europe, India, and Mexico, and is about to open a plant in Brazil. All of these plants are currently subject to China's export taxes and artificial limitations of supply -- if Mountain Pass production is as high as expected, that may change.<br /><br />Also, though they're not actually rare earth elements, I'm excited to hear about two other items of the list of materials Molycorp will be producing: niobium and tantalum, used to make electronic capacitors. Having a domestic, ethically mined source of niobium and tantalum would be a huge boon for US electronics manufacturers. Currently, recycled devices are the only domestic source of tantalum.<br /><br />Regardless, we'll be keeping our eyes on Molycorp this year.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-71138212878296837802012-02-16T13:01:00.000-08:002012-02-16T13:04:23.325-08:00Quest Rare Minerals (CVE:QRM)(AMEX:QRM) B-Zone update<span style="font-weight:bold;">QRM provides progress update on its B-Zone Heavy Rare Earth project at Strange Lake, Quebec</span><br /><br />from ProactiveInvestors.co.uk <br /><br />Wednesday morning, the company's shares ticked up 1.35% to $3.<br /><br />Quest is advancing the project to deliver a pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the deposit in the second half of 2012. At that time, the company said it will have a more accurate idea as to the delivery timelines for its definitive feasibility study and for mine start-up. <br /><br />The company is following a parallel path for the collection of the necessary data for use in the subsequent definitive feasibility study. A budget of $2.5 million has been allocated for completion of this work, the company said. <br /><br />In a conference call, Quest's president and CEO Peter Cashin said: "We have been working on a PFS but also on a full feasibility study in parallel in order to accelerate delivery."<br /><br />"Our 2011 prefeasibility work is advancing well, important changes in the scope of the project are being made when compared to how it was developed in our September 2010 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).<br /><br />"Changes include consolidating the mine and mill complex at Strange Lake, Quebec, in proximity to the B-Zone to capture the power, infrastructure and heat synergies of a combined operation. This will allow for more streamlined permitting timelines related to a single footprint site. <br /><br />"The modifications also include the construction of a 160 km access road to the Labrador coast and port facility as opposed to the originally-conceived road and slurry pipeline for delivery of crushed ore to a coastal Mill Complex. <br /><br />"As well, in order to accelerate the completion of the metallurgical flow sheet of B-Zone ore to saleable product, Quest has engaged a second metallurgical laboratory, Process Research ORTECH to work in parallel to Hazen Research."<br /><br />The Strange Lake property, located 220 km northeast of Schefferville and 125 km west of the Voisey Bay Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Mine, covers an area of 54,000 hectares.<br /><br />Quest's 2009 exploration program led to the discovery of a significant new Rare Earth metal deposit, the B-Zone, at Strange Lake.<br /><br />An April 2010, an NI 43-101 preliminary resource estimate of the B Zone completed by Wardrop Engineering indicated that at a 0.95% total rare earth oxides (TREO) base-case cut-off grade, the B Zone contains an Indicated Resource of 36.4 million tonnes grading 1.16% TREO, 2.17% zirconium oxide, 0.24% niobium pentoxide, 0.05% hafnium oxide and 0.12% beryllium oxide.<br /><br />This resource calculation demonstrated the extremely heavy rare earth oxide-rich nature of the B Zone, representing between 40 percent and 51 percent of the TREO in the deposit. <br /><br />Quest said a total of 23 geotechnical drillholes for 953 metres were completed on the project, with the holes being used for rock <br />stability testing, groundwater flow testing, condemnation drilling over proposed tailings and mine complex sites and for a proposed airstrip site. <br /><br />Quest's pre-feasibility team is in the process of updating project capital costs and incorporating their findings into capital expenditure models for the project. A project cost optimization process will determine where maximum cost efficiencies can be realized for the final project scope. <br /><br />Considerable effort is being undertaken to minimize the capital cost escalation that many projects are experiencing around the world. <br /><br />Reno Pressacco, vice president of Operations, said: "The work on revising the project scope when compared to our 2010 PEA will serve to optimize the economic potential of the B-Zone deposit over its notional production life.<br /><br />"This revised project scope offers the advantage of using a single power supply for the entire project, removes the risks associated with a pipeline transportation system in those climate and terrain conditions, improving the management of the operation and simplifying and streamlining the permitting processes. <br /><br />"We have been very encouraged by recent positive findings from our metallurgical test work and are confident that a final metallurgical solution for Strange Lake mineralization will be developed."<br /><br />The company is also in the process of a rare earth market study in order to better understand the market and target potential buyers. Quest is targeting the production of niobium, zirconium and potentially berylllium at the B-Zone deposit.<br /><br />Additionally, the company is looking to add a beryllium contribution to its model in the wake of recent comments from Canada's government was looking to buld a strategic stockpile for military use.<br /><br />Beryllium has been used as a component in next-generation fighter jets and in both military and civillian aircraft as brake components in landing gear. <br /><br />Earlier this year, Quest released the results of its successful B-Zone definition diamond drilling program. <br /><br />Final results for holes BZ-11-118 to BZ-11-255 returned multiple, high grade intersections of between 1.12% and 6.11% total rare earth oxide (TREO), over thicknesses of 2.34 to 147.0 metres, the company said.<br /><br />The higher in value heavy rare earth oxide (HREO) represents between 22.4% and 76.5% of the TREO content intersected in the new drilling.<br /><br />Among the best holes of the infill program, BZ11218 hit 1.44% TREO over 144.4 metres, and hole BZ11189 returned 1.23% TREO over 116.1 metres, including 3.04% TREO over 11.7 metres and 4.9% TREO over 4.9 metres.<br /><br />The 2012 pre-feasibility study work program will include completion of the metallurgical solution for the B-Zone, finishing of the preliminary engineering for the project, execution of the financial analysis for the project and delivery of the final National Instrument 43-101 compliant Pre-Feasibility Study technical report. <br /><br />This program has been budgeted at $21.0 million for Quest's 2012 fiscal year. <br /><br />Quest Rare Minerals is a Canadian exploration company focused on the identification and discovery of new and significant Rare Earth deposit opportunities. <br /><br />Quest is currently advancing several high-potential projects in Canada's premier exploration areas: the Strange Lake and Misery Lake areas of northeastern Quebec and the Plaster Rock area of northwestern New Brunswick.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-43786607054454506052012-02-02T10:20:00.000-08:002012-02-02T10:25:07.073-08:00LYC up on news of Malaysian rare earths metals mineLynas shares closed 19% higher at A$1.590 on the Australian Securities Exchange.<br /><br />Once completed, the plant is expected to be one of the biggest sources of supply of rare earth elements outside China.<br /><br />Rare earths are used in products such as hybrid cars and flat screen TVs.<br /><br />"It is a huge deal. This is their only processing plant and it has take some time to get it up and running," David Lennox a mining and resources analyst at Fat Prophets told the BBC.<br /><br /><br />Lynas' plans to open the refining plant had resulted in various protests in Malaysia with critics saying that the process would cause environmental damage to the region.<br /><br />As a result the Malaysian authorities have granted the approval for an initial period of just two years and asked the miner to adhere to strict safety conditions.<br /><br />Lynas said that it will work towards allaying any fears about the impact of its operations.<br /><br />"Lynas recognises its responsibility to the community to operate the plant in a safe and sustainable manner," said Nicholas Curtis the company's executive chairman.<br /><br />Analysts said though the approval had been received well by the markets and investors, an element of uncertainty continues to surround the plant.<br /><br />"There were a lot of extra terms and conditions imposed on it compared to what was known when they planned and started construction on the plant," said Fat Prophets' Mr Lennox.<br /><br />"The serious bit is that there is a two year review period after which the government could actually impose further technical and production restrictions or in a worst case scenario even close it down."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16848268Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-14905236059076025712011-12-12T13:10:00.000-08:002011-12-12T13:14:02.782-08:00Is Vanadium the next big metal?Vanadium is NOT a rare earth metal, however it has the right to be included when discussing the group, as it will be a player in the global roll-out of clean green energy technology.<br /><br />Here are some vanadium stocks to keep an eye on:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">American Vanadium (TSX-V: AVC)</span> owns a deposit in Nevada, and is looking to partner with battery makers to sell them vanadium at a lower price while sharing profits from the value-added battery. CEO Bill Radvak is certainly excited: "Vanadium has all that rare earth-type opportunity, yet it has a very stable base on the steel-strengthening side, It's just about to take off in the next year or two."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Largo Resources (TSX-V: LGO)<br /><br />Apella Resources (TSX-V: APA)<br /><br />Energizer Resources (OTC: ENZR)</span>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-31482558462353322822011-10-19T10:52:00.000-07:002011-10-19T10:54:37.290-07:00ONE DEMAND from People of the Earth<h2>End use of coal, oil and uranium as fuel sources</h2><br />Bring in a sustainable, organic, hemp-focused and infinite energy based economy.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-83446924264904060712011-09-29T08:11:00.001-07:002011-09-29T08:13:53.628-07:00Rare Earth Elements metals prices expected to fall further<h3>Global automotive industry seeking alternative materials</h3><br />Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Rare-earth prices are set to extend their decline from records this year as buyers including Toyota Motor Corp. and General Electric Co. scale back using the materials in their cars and windmills.<br /><br />Prices for cerium and lanthanum, the most abundant rare- earth elements, will drop by 50 percent in 12 months, Christopher Ecclestone, an analyst at Hallgarten & Co. in New York, has forecast. Neodymium and praseodymium, metals used in permanent rare-earth magnets, may fall as much as 15 percent, he said.<br /><br />Makers of electric cars, wind turbines and oil-refining catalysts have sought to reduce use of the metals after China, which supplies more than 90 percent of the market, said in July 2010 that it would cut exports and clamp down on the industry. That boosted prices, encouraging mining companies to develop new prospects and buyers to find alternatives.<br /><br />“If you think you can keep raising the prices for those materials and still keep your customers, you're crazy,” Jack Lifton, co-founder of Technology Metals Research, said in a telephone interview. “The principal customer for rare-earth metals is a global automotive industry using rare-earth permanent magnets. That industry will engineer this stuff out.”<br /><br />Declines in August and September pared a five-month, fourfold surge that brought the average price for eight of the most widely used rare-earth oxides to a record 396,850 yuan ($62,068) a metric ton in July, data from consultant Shanghai Steelhome Information show. The average price declined 13 percent from its July peak as of Sept. 27.<br /><br />Share Performance<br /><br />The Bloomberg Rare Earth Mineral Resources Index dropped 41 percent in the last three months, led by a 60-percent decline in Montreal-based Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. Great Western Minerals Group Ltd., which explores in North America, climbed 4.6 percent in the period and is the only gainer on the 17-member benchmark.<br /><br />Rare earths have been pushed lower because of selling by speculators, Michael Gambardella, a New York-based analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co., said in a report last week. Tsunami- related disruptions in Japan and dumping of unpermitted material in China have undercut prices, while industrial substitution has driven “demand destruction,” said Sam Berridge, a Sydney-based analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.<br /><br />“A greater focus on recycling and substitution, particularly by Japanese consumers, has resulted in tightness of demand easing somewhat for the lighter rare earths,” Berridge said by phone.<br /><br />‘Huge Savings'<br /><br />Rising prices for the so-called light metals, such as neodymium and lanthanum, have prompted automakers including Toyota, Asia's biggest automaker, to look at reducing the use of relatively powerful and expensive rare-earth magnets in their vehicles. Some Toyota vehicles will be built with an induction motor, which doesn't use rare-earth magnets, said John Hanson, a Toyota spokesman in Torrance, California.<br /><br />“Moving from a fixed-magnet motor to an induction motor is a huge savings with regard to rare-earth metals,” Hanson said by phone.<br /><br />“The Japanese are leading the push to replace, reduce and recycle their rare-earths consumption,” said Dudley Kingsnorth, chief executive officer of Perth-based advisory Industrial Minerals Co. of Australia. “Users are recycling rare earths wherever they can, using them more efficiently, particularly in the magnet industry where they are producing powerful magnets with smaller volumes.”<br /><br />GM's Plans<br /><br />General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, plans to sell a Chevrolet Malibu Eco next year that uses an induction motor, and otherwise cut down on magnets that use a lot of rare earths.<br /><br />“The magnets are like God's gift to electric motors,” Pete Savagian, GM's chief engineer for electric motors, said in a telephone interview. “But we don't always need that level of magnet. Even at prices we saw three and four years ago, there's a more economic alternative, albeit at slightly less efficient outcome.”<br /><br />The largest portion of demand for rare earths, one third, comes from generating electricity, according to Bloomberg Industries.<br /><br />In August, GE announced the development of wind-turbine generators that will reduce dependence on the rare-earth materials prevalent in so-called permanent-magnet machines. Some current offshore wind turbines may contain as much as half a ton of the metals, according to Bloomberg Industries analysis.<br /><br />Gasoline Refining<br /><br />“Everybody is going back to the drawing board and trying to redesign their generators to minimize the usage of permanent magnets,” said Steve Duclos, chief scientist and manager of material sustainability for GE Global Research. “In all of our businesses we're looking to reduce our usage.”<br /><br />W.R. Grace & Co. this year began selling an oil-refining catalyst with reduced lanthanum, a rare earth that has increased in price more than fourfold in the past year. Lanthanum improves the amount of gasoline refiners can extract from crude oil and is also used in hybrid-car batteries.<br /><br />Half of the company's customers had switched to the new formula, which offers the same performance and gives them “double-digit type percent decreases in their cost,” Grace Chief Financial Officer Hudson La Force III said on a conference call this month.<br /><br />Companies that use cerium to polish glass, such as manufacturers of liquid crystal displays, will reduce their reliance on the element by as much as 70 percent this year by installing new polishing machines, said Jonathan Hykawy, an analyst with Byron Capital Markets in Toronto.<br /><br />‘Demand Destruction'<br /><br />“They made the decision to substitute operational expenditure with capital expenditure,” Hykawy said. “Even if the price of cerium goes back to $5 a kilo, they will continue to buy less cerium because the machines are there and they'll save a little bit of money. That's a quasi-permanent demand destruction for cerium.”<br /><br />The development doesn't worry Mark Smith, CEO of Molycorp Inc., owner of the largest rare-earth deposit outside China.<br /><br />Fluid-cracking catalysts have “always been one of the largest single markets for any of the individual rare earths,” Smith said in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. “We don't see that deteriorating in any significant form.”<br /><br />While rare-earth prices have fallen, demand will outpace supplies even with new mines in California and Australia expected to come online in 2014, Smith said.<br /><br />“Like any market, you're going to see up and down in the course of a month or two,” Smith said. “But the overall trend remains short supply, heavy demand.”<br /><br />Magnetic Powders<br /><br />The ability to substitute many rare-earth applications will be limited, said Constantine Karayannopoulos, CEO of Neo Material Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based producer of rare- earths, magnetic powders and rare metals.<br /><br />“All kinds of folks are trying to use alternative technologies,” he said by phone. “Longer-term, don't expect these technologies to be in place this quarter or the next.”<br /><br />GE's Duclos says he has little doubt companies will find substitutes, sooner or later.<br /><br />“It will depend on the element, it will depend on the usage, but getting 10-20 percent efficiencies out of the usage of an element is not that terribly difficult,” Duclos said. “What I don't subscribe to is this idea that there's nothing we can do.”<br /><br />--With assistance from Elisabeth Behrmann in Sydney and Jason Scott in Perth. Editors: Steven Frank, Todd White.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Source: Bloomberg, via http://news.businessweek.comJoe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-64676787124681286812011-09-13T17:03:00.000-07:002011-09-13T17:09:07.659-07:00Get Ready was a huge hit for Rare Earth, the rock bandLet's take a break from mining, metallurgy and clean energy for a moment, and remember the first white act Motown had success with, Rare Earth. Smokey Robinson wrote the song for The Temptations, and their version went to #29, however it was the Rare Earth cover that made it all the way to #4 on the charts.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Get Ready</span><br /><br />by Smokey Robinson<br /><br />Never met a girl could make me feel the way that you do.<br />(You're all right).<br />Whenever I'm asked what makes-a my dreams real, I tell em you do.<br />(You're outta sight).<br />Well tweedle dee, tweedle dum, look out baby 'cause here I come.<br /><br />(Aaahh) Bringin' you a love that's true, Get ready, get ready<br />(Aaahh) Stop makin' love to you, Get ready, get ready.<br />(Aaahh) Get ready, cause here I come (on my way)<br /><br />You wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind ya.<br />(You're all right).<br />Lovin' you're gonna miss, and the time it takes to find ya.<br />(You're outta sight).<br />Fe Fi Fo Fo Fum, Look out baby now here I come.<br /><br />(Aaahh) Bringin' you a love that's true, Get ready, get ready<br />(Aaahh) Stop makin' love to you, Get ready, get ready.<br />(Aaahh) Get ready, cause here I come (on my way)<br /><br />If all my friends shouldn't want me to, I think I'll understand<br />(You're alright)<br />Hope I get to you before they do cause, that's how I planned it.<br />(You're outta sight)<br />Well tweedle dee, tweedle dum, look out baby 'cause here I come.<br /><br />(Aaahh) Bringin' you a love that's true, Get ready, get ready<br />(Aaahh) Stop makin' love to you, Get ready, get ready.<br />(Aaahh) Get ready, cause here I come (on my way)Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-38578478667679589842011-08-31T08:31:00.000-07:002011-08-31T08:43:38.653-07:00Ontario Government invests in clean vehicles<h2>Magna, Electrovaya, Dana Holding and Toyota venture funded</h2>
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<br />by John Goddard, TheStar.com
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<br />Magna International Inc., with Ontario government help, will invest $430 million to advance the electric car and other automotive technologies in this province.
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<br />The company will undertake 19 separate research and development projects over the next six years, Magna chief executive Don Walker told a gathering Monday at the Magna plant in Brampton.
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<br />If all these projects lead to new products, they would in turn create 728 new jobs, Walker said.
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<br />The research projects involve work on parts for hybrid vehicles and on light bio-based materials to improve fuel efficiency.
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<br />“What powers our cars is changing,” Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade Minister Sandra Pupatello told the gathering. “The pieces that go into our cars are changing.”
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<br />Of the total investment, $48 million will come from the province to support “development of the next generation of electric vehicle technologies,” Pupatello said.
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<br />Walker said the government money helps keep research and development work and any potential jobs in Ontario.
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<br />Magna, based in Aurora, is North America’s largest auto parts supplier. Twenty per cent of the company’s global workforce of 104,000 works in Ontario.
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<br />Monday’s announcement was organized and staged by the provincial government — turning it into a political event in advance of the writ dropping for the Oct. 6 election.
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<br />“I will make a political comment,” said Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara, whose Vaughan riding is home to a Magna plant. “What I worry about is if the alternative is chosen in this province … grants like this, and opportunities like this, will dry up.”
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<br />Tory environment critic Toby Barrett said Sorbara is merely recycling the announcement he made four years ago as finance minister — a $50 million grant for Magna to research new vehicle technologies.
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<br />As well as possibly create 700-plus jobs, Magna’s investment will maintain 1,300 existing jobs at the car parts maker’s plants in Brampton, Aurora, Vaughan and St. Thomas.
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<br />The government has said it wants one in 20 Ontario vehicles to be electric by 2020.
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<br />Earlier in the day, Pupatello stood on a hay bale in Sarnia to announce unspecified support to help establish Bluewater Biochemicals Inc. as a producer of clean biochemicals, to replace a variety of petrochemicals and industrial chemicals.
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<br />The government also recently announced three other automotive investments:
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<br /> • As part of a $94.8 million expansion by the clean transportation and battery company Electrovaya Corp. of Mississauga, the government is to contribute $16.7 million. The company’s battery technology lets cars drive farther on a single charge compared to rival batteries.
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<br /> • As part of a $37 million investment by Dana Holding Corp. of Oakville and Cambridge, the government is to kick in $2 million. The company develops and manufactures air- and liquid-cooled battery technologies for electric and hybrid vehicles.
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<br /> • As part of a $545 million investment in upgrades to Toyota plants in Cambridge and Woodstock, the government contributed $70.8 million. Toyota subsequently announced it would begin building the electric version of its RAV4 compact SUV in 2012 at the Woodstock assembly plant.
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<br />A government official says Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG) is pairing with the Ontario government to invest more than $400 million to research and develop electric vehicle technology.
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<br />The company is expected to announce later this morning at its headquarters in Brampton that the province will put forward about $48 million for the project.
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<br />The official says the plan will create more than 700 jobs.
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<br />The Ontario government has been moving forward with plans to ramp up the development of more environmentally vehicle production in the province.
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<br />Earlier this month, Toyota and the government announced that the electric version of its popular RAV4 sport utility vehicle will be manufactured in Woodstock.
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<br />Last week, Dana Holding Corp. said that Ontario joined the company in a $37 million investment in heat exchangers for batteries at a plant in Cambridge, Ont., under which the government would contribute $2 million.
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<br />Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-61262763248946963402011-06-30T13:02:00.000-07:002011-06-30T13:07:41.918-07:00WSJ reports pros are shorting rare Earth (REEs) stocksBy BRENDAN CONWAY And TATYANA SHUMSKY, Wall Street Journal (27jun11)<br /><br />The rare-earth minerals sector is drawing near-record short interest as bearish investors bet against its previously highflying stocks.<br /><br />The industry, whose minerals are used to help power items as varied as vacuum cleaners and smartphones, had been a darling of the stock market over the past year. Investors snapped up shares of the North American trio of Molycorp Inc., Avalon Rare Metals Inc., and Rare Element Resources Ltd. as rare-earth minerals were viewed as short in supply, likely to be hit by Chinese export curbs and all but certain to enjoy steady future demand by a broad range of tech customers.<br /><br />That all came to an end in recent months after a confluence of events sideswiped the industry, causing short sellers to swell. Investors who want to short shares borrow the stock and then sell it, betting that the price of the shares will fall and that they can buy them back at a lower price, for return to the lender.<br /><br />Shares of rare-earth mineral companies have been punished amid doubts that the Chinese supply crunch—the country now accounts for 95% of world output—is as bad as surging prices imply. Last week's share sales by executives at North American industry leader Molycorp may also be weighing on sentiment.<br /><br />"Short interest in the three quoted rare-earth miners outside of China has continued to build since April and stands just off record highs," said Will Duff Gordon, research director for Data Explorers. Despite a recent share-price correction in the three stocks, "it seems that short sellers still believe them to be overvalued."<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Molycorp, Avalon and Rare Element Resources all targeted </span><br /><br />These non-Chinese rare-mineral stocks have seen share prices fall between 33% and 42% from their highs in the early part of this year. The proportion of Molycorp shares on loan, a proxy for bearish short interest, hit a high of 11.5% on June 15 and has since hovered slightly below that mark, according to Data Explorers. Avalon and Rare Element have also seen more bearish-looking short activity in recent months.<br /><br />"The peaks of all three of these stocks were a good 40% above where they are now, so some froth has been blown off the beer," said Christopher Ecclestone, mining strategist at Hallgarten & Co.<br /><br />The "rare earth" name is something of a misnomer. The 17 metals are found in deposits all around the globe and aren't limited to China.<br /><br />The range of uses is wide. Certain rare-earth elements, like yttrium, have been used to make specialty steel stronger and more durable over the years, but the industry blossomed with the rise of certain high-tech products over the past decade.<br /><br />Companies like Dyson Appliances Ltd. rely on neodymium magnets to create the powerful suction vortex in their vacuum cleaners. Apple Inc. and Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd. use terbium to make their phones smaller, lighter and faster.<br /><br />Other countries largely dismantled their mining operations as China undercut competitors and came to dominate processing over the years, according to market participants. The country is in the position of restricting supply to some degree, but recent price gains mean that extracting the metals elsewhere is once again profitable.<br /><br />Outsiders are only now beginning to rebuild that capability. Mr. Ecclestone said the two companies besides Molycorp "don't have a ghost's chance of production in the next two years, maybe more."<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Insider Sales also affecting downward pressure</span><br /><br />Some of Molycorp's recent declines may be linked to large insider share sales conducted over the past month. Chief Executive Mark Smith reported a sale of nearly 175,000 shares last week, or about 16% of the executive's holdings as of May.<br /><br />A Molycorp spokesman said that the short interest may not be driven by sentiment, and may instead be the result of complex arbitrage trades. He added that Mr. Smith's sales were "prudent personal financial planning" and said the "vast, vast majority of [Mr. Smith's] personal net worth is tied up in the single stock."<br /><br />He added that the executive's interests "remain completely aligned with shareholders" and his financial success "still depends almost completely on the success of the company."<br /><br />The bearish action comes as some Wall Street analysts have grown more positive on the stocks, largely to reflect the jump in prices. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. stock analysts led by Michael F. Gambardella raised their Molycorp target price recently to $105 from $87, in part "to reflect the continued rise in rare-earth prices."<br /><br />But even some bullish analysts are voicing doubts that the surge in prices will last. Dahlman Rose & Co. analysts Anthony Young and Anthony Rizzuto said this week that the underlying metals have already priced in tighter Chinese quotas, adding that they are "uncertain current levels are sustainable."<br /><br />The analysts have a "buy" rating on the stock, though they reduced their price target, to $120 from $125.<br /><br />— Chuin-Wei Yap also contributed to this article.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-64293100718775753472011-06-20T20:25:00.000-07:002011-06-20T20:33:21.991-07:00China stockpiling rare earth metals as prices continue climb<h3>Several rare-earth metals have doubled in the last few weeks</h3><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Britain's The Independent reports on REEs and Chinese policy</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rare-earth metal prices spike as China stockpiles supplies</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">By Clifford Coonan in Beijing</span><br /><br />Prices for rare-earth metals, which are used in everything from iPods to flat-screen TVs to missiles, are rising sharply as China builds up a stockpile and cuts quotas, so much so that some industries fear global supplies may be in serious jeopardy.<br /><br />Rare-earth metals are among some of the most sought-after materials in modern manufacturing, and demand for at least some of them is soon set to outstrip supply.<br /><br />Japan and the US, the world's biggest importers of rare earths, are concerned that China, which produces more than 95 per cent of the world's supply is trying to limit supplies, and urged Beijing not to use the elements as a trade weapon.<br /><br />Citing the need for a more sustainable approach to the harvesting of its rare-earth deposits, China's cabinet, the State Council, has authorised a crackdown on unregulated rare-earth mining and has introduced restrictions on exports, causing a spike in rare-earth prices. It is also building up a national reserve of the precious elements.<br /><br />"These policies are in line with common international practices and the rules of the World Trade Organisation. They have been created out of a sense of responsibility not only for China's own development, but also the development of the world," China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told the Xinhua news agency.<br /><br />Rare earths are used in all kinds of modern products because their unique electrical, magnetic, optical and thermal properties make them vital ingredients for some of the most technologically advanced products.<br /><br />The cost of some of the 17 elements that make up the rare-earth metals has doubled in the last few weeks, with the price of others up by 400 or 500 per cent from the start of the year. Since last year, big government groups like Baotou Iron and Steel have been building up commercial reserves with total capacity of more than 200,000 tonnes, around twice China's annual output, according to Chinese media reports.<br /><br />Beijing has brought 11 rare-earth mines under state control as it consolidates the industry. Last year, Japan was furious when China slashed exports by 40 per cent and temporarily banned all supplies, after a Chinese fishing boat captain was arrested for sailing too near to a disputed island chain.<br /><br />China also needs to move quickly on these elements because they are running out fast. The Ministry of Commerce said that between January and November last year, China exported 35,000 tons of rare earth, up 14.5 per cent on 2009. At current rates of depletion, a third of China's rare earths are already used up. There is probably around 15 years worth left at the current rate.<br /><br />To capitalise on its stocks, China has introduced quotas in recent years, which have cut exports by between five and 12 per cent a year.<br /><br />There is a strong political dimension to the quotas, but they were also introduced because China is worried about the environmental impact of the mining.<br /><br />Ceng Qingshou, an elderly rice farmer living in the Guangxi Zhuang region in southwest China, told Xinhua how his rice fields had been contaminated by waste water from a quarry, killing the harvest.<br /><br />"They paid me 2,400 yuan (£229) to compensate me for my losses last year, but what about this year, and the year after that?" he said.<br /><br />In other areas rich in rare earths, such as Jiangxi province, rare-earth mines have poisoned wells, leading to anger among farmers.<br /><br />"While many countries around the world are eager to develop their rare-earth mining industries, China just wants to clean up its act," wrote a Chinese industrial commentatorJoe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-27428905264876731242011-05-25T12:52:00.000-07:002011-05-25T13:05:32.447-07:00Watch VANADIUM: Nick Hodge, Energy & CapitalHot on the heels of <a href="http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/rare-earth-uses-still-growing/1524"target="_blank">Nick Hodge's report on rare earth Beryllium</a>, Nick today published an excellent article on Vanadium, a rare earth metal with tremendous potential to succeed Lithium as the primary component of transportation batteries.<br /><br />Here are some excerpts from this excellent piece by Nick Hodges:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Best Thing Since Lithium</span><br /><br />By Nick Hodge | Wednesday, May 25th, 2011<br /><br />The next series of planes commissioned by the Pentagon will not have pilots.<br /><br />I learned this from a CEO who, because of his company's products, is constantly in talks with companies like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed, and the like.<br /><br />“It's all about materials,” he said.<br /><br />Every day, we're discovering not only new materials and compounds; but also abundant new uses for them.<br /><br />Take the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded last year for research on graphene — a one-atom-thick film of carbon that could hold the key to everything from massive data storage on tiny devices to flexible touch screens.<br /><br />And graphene isn't alone...<br /><br />Lithium was attractive because of its ability to improve battery storage. And that was enough to allow some investors to retire. But the high-tech industry is so over lithium.<br /><br />It's discovered vanadium.<br /><br />It has many uses, but vanadium is best suited for batteries. Take a look at how it stacks up against lithium:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA-vkgOn2aljIarzheSTZNY28cYrvbYUeGzfOHAmDS5UXJSKRmkuEwvXOYQK63ll66ItFQqxzGG46a8mdgm_tIo-06Rfhiie5nJh-RyfEDQa7_PvYWCydy4-d_GgbeTGS-dK-Ei5K8bQ/s1600/vanadium-versus-lithium.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXA-vkgOn2aljIarzheSTZNY28cYrvbYUeGzfOHAmDS5UXJSKRmkuEwvXOYQK63ll66ItFQqxzGG46a8mdgm_tIo-06Rfhiie5nJh-RyfEDQa7_PvYWCydy4-d_GgbeTGS-dK-Ei5K8bQ/s320/vanadium-versus-lithium.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610745831330671554" /></a><br /><br />A lithium battery only lasts 3-5 years before it has to be replaced. A vanadium battery can be charged and discharged over 35,000 times, giving it a lifespan of over 35 years.<br /><br />Vanadium can also charge and discharge simultaneously, can release energy instantly, and is ideal for both transportation grid applications.<br /><br />In other words, it's the new holy grail of battery materials.<br /><br />Look at what industry insiders are saying:<br /><br />Without a doubt, vanadium is growing into one of the world's most important metals about which no one has ever heard. <br /> <br />— John Hykawy (Ph.D., MBA), materials analyst, Byron Capital Markets<br /><br />Companies are wasting no time embracing the technology.<br /><br />Japan's GS Yuasa (XETRA: G9y), who sells $3.4 billion worth of batteries annually, is already developing a vanadium battery, saying, "The addition of vanadium not only improves the performance output by 20% and the safety of the batteries; but also potentially lowers their costs compared with a battery using lithium iron phosphate."<br /><br />The Buffett-backed BYD Company (PK: BYDDF) is also working on a vanadium battery for its electric vehicles.<br /><br />Subaru's new G4e is also powered by a vanadium battery.<br /><br />And it's best uses will be for the grid...<br /><br />Prudent Energy already has a vanadium system attached to a solar installation in Italy and is working on one in California.<br /><br />Cellstrom — a subsidiary of Germany's Gildemeister (XETRA: GIL) — is working on a Bloom Box-like device with vanadium as the prime material.<br /><br />Its uses are growing so fast that Terry Perles, former director of global vanadium marketing at Evraz Group, has stated:<br /><br />The vanadium redox flow battery could lead to an explosive new demand for vanadium. Therefore, it is critical for the vanadium industry to recognize the growing demand resulting from vanadium-based battery systems.<br /><br />Significant supply shortages of Vanadium Pentoxide are possible in the coming years unless significant additional production, meeting battery application quality requirements, is brought online.<br /><br />And there's one company about to bring significant new production online...<br /><br />Go to the Source<br /><br />Vanadium demand for batteries is expected to grow 30% in the next three years. And supply is already struggling to keep up. In fact demand is expected to outpace it by next year.<br /><br />This is because up to 90% of the vanadium on the market isn't suitable for batteries. It comes from ferrovanadium, and is only suitable as strengthening alloy for steel.<br /><br />The good stuff comes from vanadium pentoxide... and only a few companies have access to it.<br /><br />Lithium and rare earths are the same way. Only certain types are suitable for use. I showed you the performance of some of the companies that have access to the usable kinds in the charts above.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Energizer Resources (OTCBB: ENZR) developing Vanadium resource in Madagascar, Africa</span><br /><br /><br />One of the companies with access to vanadium pentoxide is Energizer Resources (OTCBB: ENZR).<br /><br />The company 100% owns a very large vanadium pentoxide resource in Madagascar. It has the support of the local government, infrastructure being built by a local thermal coal project, and is already in negotiations with steel and battery producers.<br /><br />As vanadium demand grows, Energizer Resources will make a killing as it brings its resource online. And so will its shareholders.<br /><br />If you missed the lithium and rare earth booms, this is your chance to get in on the next materials bull market.<br /><br />Call it like you see it,<br /><br /><br /><br />Nick Hodge<br />Editor, <a href="http://www.energyandcapital.com/"target="_blank">Energy and Capital</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6rMWps-MS50uGIC6cIS7BJwkaPRB27kPF62HDE2yt1ARLmzqkDy2oRjhFjgKy0Wb-EK1yNFxeakSnA62h8HWT21nzDgSz6nWhVIb6L3nQLDltg_zv5pSZJJLm6JhkxyLQy1XR7y6rno/s1600/energy+and+capital+-+logo+masthead.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6rMWps-MS50uGIC6cIS7BJwkaPRB27kPF62HDE2yt1ARLmzqkDy2oRjhFjgKy0Wb-EK1yNFxeakSnA62h8HWT21nzDgSz6nWhVIb6L3nQLDltg_zv5pSZJJLm6JhkxyLQy1XR7y6rno/s320/energy+and+capital+-+logo+masthead.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610746044264923106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/rare-earths-for-dummies/1383"target="_blank">Dysprosium uses and Rare Earth Elements mining</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-12856044620133892082011-05-24T10:17:00.000-07:002011-05-24T10:58:32.129-07:00Rare Beauties; SuperBabes from all over EarthHere are some rare <a href="http://josephtrainor.blogspot.com/2011/05/most-beautiful-women-on-earth-photos.html"target="_blank">photos, videos and webpage links of beautiful women from all over Earth!</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIvwHGrqDw-VXPMQy3_J5b4G8137xJYJOwONlyLz9CA_khnDrCe14cC3d7iYphgVm2RZx8LyNNHcmKmYUlu9577cjOiSA9TQP2EABtFLKivAbciPVCDSCYVluQh3FIPjPA4X3SuHNgr0/s1600/Ghana+Beauty+Awai+Amidu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIvwHGrqDw-VXPMQy3_J5b4G8137xJYJOwONlyLz9CA_khnDrCe14cC3d7iYphgVm2RZx8LyNNHcmKmYUlu9577cjOiSA9TQP2EABtFLKivAbciPVCDSCYVluQh3FIPjPA4X3SuHNgr0/s400/Ghana+Beauty+Awai+Amidu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576008523312780642" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://josephtrainor.blogspot.com/2011/02/beautiful-women-of-ghana-and-from-ghana.html"target="_blank">Awai Amidu, + More Beautiful Women from Ghana - Ghana's Top Actresses Models Singers Goddesses</a><br /><br /><br />Check out this rockin' video featuring gorgeous West African models and actresses, from Ghana to Nigeria and many more West African nations, praise Jah!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhlgcxwMk68&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhlgcxwMk68&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>Jennifer Lopez - American Idol judge; Actress, Singer, Model</h3><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPetUwzVIQ-lPAcT7AjaWphWKOHwc2VOItCyyvEzIVZyFxp_mMYm77ZLqMZ3wLMGXColPD1L6LIEU0AJu4Zym8iZ28I2FhoVrU5sXCvvgSd_n1u5fFPKz1xrNnJAXapRU-XFPWfHS92IU/s1600/jennifer_lopez_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPetUwzVIQ-lPAcT7AjaWphWKOHwc2VOItCyyvEzIVZyFxp_mMYm77ZLqMZ3wLMGXColPD1L6LIEU0AJu4Zym8iZ28I2FhoVrU5sXCvvgSd_n1u5fFPKz1xrNnJAXapRU-XFPWfHS92IU/s320/jennifer_lopez_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605844578459682866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Gm1ZrhjxFPvZJXUheeqo6pYSkvq_kByMAATIXiofvsAb-s82jIrx2OxM2aIGzO8W3ha2MvT15azKhT_sH58mpZyt4x92-1AjstN87lVK_Voo1X62i3dYopQVG_z_k1gTFNYseYA2j_Q/s1600/jennifer-lopez-topless.GIF"><img style="display:block; 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Actresses, models and Singers from Egypt</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-61073892211281420322011-04-05T12:48:00.000-07:002011-04-05T12:52:48.978-07:00Molycorp doubling Rare Earth Metals production, buys processorCubantrader from Beacon Equity posted this rare earth mining stocks update yesterday, April 4th, 2011:<br /><br />Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) today broke to new high with its announcement that its wholly owned subsidiary, Molycorp Minerals, completed the acquisition of a 90.023% controlling stake in AS Silmet for approximately $89 million. This acquisition provides the first base of operations in Europe and doubles its current rare earth production capacity from approximately 3,000 tonnes per year of rare earth oxide equivalent to 6,000 tonnes. As per the terms of the transaction, the company acquired 80% of the outstanding shares of AS Silmet from AS Silmet Grupp. The 9.977% ownership interest will still be retained by AS Silmet Grupp. The company also acquired the other 10.023% from Treibacher Industrie AG.<br /><br />AS Silmet will source rare earth feed stocks for production of its products from the company’s Mountain Pass, California rare earth mine and processing facility. This will make it the first rare earth oxide and metal producer in Europe that will not source rare earth materials from China. The company also will change its name to AS Molycorp Silmet as part of the transaction.<br /><br />“This acquisition provides Molycorp with a European base of operations as well as a larger global customer base, greater rare earth production capacity, and an expanded product line that extends our interests into other strategic metals and technologies,” Mark A. Smith, president and CEO of Molycorp Inc. stated in the press release. “We have already begun shipping feed stocks from Mountain Pass to be processed into finished products at AS Molycorp Silmet. In the short-term, this will greatly increase our ability to supply our products into the increasingly tight global rare earth market and provide a convenient base from which to supply European customers. In the mid- and long-term, AS Molycorp Silmet will help us expand our manufacturing capabilities to a broader range of strategic materials.”<br /><br />Molycorp is currently trading at $65.63. The stock is up 10.67% from its previous close. Molycorp stock touched the high of $66.20 and lowest price in today’s session is $62.55. The stock is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving average, indicating bullish sentiment.<br /><br />The company stock has traded in the range of $12.10 and $66.20 during the past 52 weeks. The company’s market cap is $5.42 billion.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:MCP"target="_blank">Google finance info on Molycorp (NYSE: MCP)</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-39752389959453830992011-03-29T10:36:00.000-07:002011-03-29T10:49:45.095-07:00Rare Earth Elements (REEs) global mining newsHere are some recent news and views regarding Rare Earth Metals, mines in development, and uses for Rare Earth Elements.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">China raising Rare Earth Elements export taxes by 1,000%+</span><br /><br />Capitalvue reported that China moved to strengthen its control over rare earth minerals by announcing a surge of at least 10 fold in the resource taxes on rare earth minerals effective April 1st 2011.<br /><br />The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation said that following the tax hikes, the taxes on light rare earth minerals such as bastnaesite and monazite will be CNY 60 per tonne while the taxes on medium and heavy rare earth minerals such as xenotime and ion absorbed rare earth clays will be CNY 30 per tonne.<br /><br />Rare earth minerals are currently taxed under the category of non-ferrous metals with resource taxes at between CNY 0.5 and CNY 3 per tonne or per cubic meter.<br /><br />According to an unnamed industry analyst, prices of rare earth minerals could further increase. The current average price of rare earth minerals is about USD 44,361 per tonne an almost two fold surge from the previous year.<br /><br />There were calls made by government officials at the recently concluded National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that the taxes on rare earth minerals be hiked in order to reflect the scarcity of the minerals, the environmental cost in mining them and to reduce smuggling and stockpiling by other nations.<br /><br />China had announced in 2007 that it will gradually reduce the export quota for rare earth minerals and had twice raised the export taxes on selected rare earth minerals earlier this year.<br /><br />According to the report, China currently has rare earth reserves of 27 million tonnes accounting for only 30% of global reserves down from 70% previously. Based on the current rate of production, reserves of medium and heavy rare earth minerals will last for between 15 and 20 years. This would lead China to become an importer of rare earth minerals.<br /><br />(Sourced from www.capitalvue.com)<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lynas Corp gearing up to mine Rare Earths in Malawai, Africa</span><br /><br />JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Malawi expects Australia's Lynas Corp to start mining for rare earth elements in the southern African country "as soon as possible", the natural resources minister said on Tuesday.<br /><br />Rare earths are some of the world's most obscure elements used is some of the world's most familiar devices including cell phones, flat screen TVs and microwave ovens.<br /><br />The commodities are almost exclusively produced by China, which unnerved global powers last year by threatening to restrict exports to help it settle political scores.<br /><br />Grain Malunga, Malawi's minister of natural resources, said the country has awarded exclusive rare earths exploration licences to five foreign companies over the past three years, including Lynas and uranium miners Paladin Energy and Resource Star.<br /><br />"Some of the companies are now at bankable feasibility studies, other are at basic exploration, other companies, like Lynas, we are expecting them to start actual mining ...as soon as possible," Malunga told Reuters on the sidelines of an African power conference in Johannesburg.<br /><br />He added: "Rare earth minerals are also associated with radio active minerals like uranium, so what is happening is that we have companies that are looking for uranium, but they are also looking for rare earths."<br /><br />Malunga said Lynas was the only company with a rare earths mining licence so far and the elements would largely be for exports.<br /><br />"We don't have the technologies for doing the value addition ...they will do the processing, especially the concentration of the rare earth minerals, and they are going to export to Malaysia or China where further concentration is done," he said.<br /><br />Africa, Australia and Canada are seen as holding the key to a geopolitical battle being fought to end China's stranglehold over the obscure elements.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">China Tax Bodes Well for these 5 Rare-Earth Stocks</span><br />Posted by tradegainer37 on Mar 24, 2011 at http://www.beaconequity.com<br /><br />Rare earth stocks posted gains today as China is expected to impose a tax on rare-earth minerals starting April 1. The shares of miners including:<br /><br />Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP)<br />Rare Elements (AMEX: REE)<br />Avalon Rare Metals (AMEX: AVL) <br />Arafura Resources Limited (Public, ASX: ARU) <br /><br />are surging as the prices are expected to rise. The minerals are taxed at 60 yuan ($9.1) per ton of light rare-earth minerals and 30 yuan per ton of medium- and heavy-rare earth minerals.<br /><br />China is currently the world’s largest producer of rare earths minerals that are used in the manufacture of several electronic and automobile products.<br /><br />Molycorp gained nearly 7% on the day, closing at $55.28. Rare Elements closed at $12.93, a nearly 3% gain on the day. Avalon was gained less than 1% on the day, closing at $7.46. Arafura Resources was trading at $1.24, up 0.41% from its previous close. <span style="font-weight:bold;">China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (Amex: SHZ) slipped less than 1% to $4.82</span>.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-21687101170664638502011-03-19T14:04:00.000-07:002011-03-19T14:13:11.935-07:00Japan earthquake disaster holding rare earth prices steadyIt may have taken calamitous events to slow the bull market in rare earth metals, and the massive devastation in Japan certainly meets the criteria. According to a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/usa-rareearth-idUSN1527013820110315">Reuters.com report on effects of Japan disaster on rare earth metals prices</a>, the effect is unlikely to last more than a few months, when shortages and price rises are expect to continue.<br /><br />Here's an excerpt from the <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/scott-malone/">Reuters article by Scott Malone</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Temporary closures of Japanese businesses, coupled with disruptions to ports and the electric grid as authorities struggle to stop the release of radiation from a quake-hit nuclear plant, may cause delays in shipments of the metals used in everything from Apple iPads to wind turbines. But few rare earth users are likely to turn away previously ordered materials in the face of continued export cutbacks by leading supplier China.<br /><br />"You're looking at something that probably has an impact of two to four months. We may see some relaxation in prices over that time, more as a knee-jerk reaction," said Jon Hykawy, rare earth analyst with Byron Capital Markets.<br /><br />Over the long term, no rare earth users are likely to turn away shipments out of concern about the overall current short supply of the materials.<br /><br />"Deliveries will go on, shipments will go on. There will be delays in processing," Hykawy said at the Asian Metal International Rare Earth Summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.<br /><br />Western companies including Molycorp Inc (MCP.N), Lynas Corp Ltd (LYC.AX), Great Western Minerals Group (GWG.V) and Avalon Rare Metals (AVL.TO) are scrambling to redevelop mines capable of producing rare earth elements.<br /><br />They are largely focusing on restarting mines that were idled at times when prices were lower, but look economical since China last year began reducing its rare earth exports.</span>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-76206529191156376002011-03-14T11:22:00.000-07:002011-03-14T11:30:27.577-07:00China to issue revised 2011 Rare Earth Metals export quotasIn late 2010, Chinese government officials announced a 35% cut in allowable exports of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) during the first half of 2011.<br /><br />On March 14, 2011, Beijing announced China will issue a second batch of rare earth export quotas later this year, but the total volume for 2011 has yet to be decided, the China Securities Journal said, citing Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming.<br /><br />Reuters reported today that the decision on how much would be adjusted compared to last year was now in the "last stage of research". China produces around 97 percent of total global rare earth supplies, giving it a stranglehold on a range of elements used in wind turbines, defence technologies and batteries for mobile phones and laptop computers.<br /><br /><a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFTOE72D01I20110314"target="_blank">Reuters.com article on revisions to china's 2011 rare earth metals export quotas</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-134942154869585662011-02-26T10:04:00.000-08:002011-02-26T20:33:30.949-08:00Rare Earths penny mining stocks; 3 speculative rare earth explorersFor our purposes, we will define a "penny stock" as one with a price below $2 per share, AND a market cap below $100 million. The three companies profiled below are not being presented as "buy" opportunities, but rather possibilities for investigation and accumulation. Do your own research, follow your nose!<br /><br /><br /><h3>Critical Elements - CRE</h3><br />Price: 0.30 Market cap: $31 million<br /><br />The former First Gold Exploration Company has two projects in development (one gold, one rare earth) plus a range of rare earth minerals properties in Quebec. With shares around thirty cents and market cap being about 30 mil, there are scenarios where a three to ten bagger could arise.<br /><br />On 22feb11, CRE announced it had signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in eight rare earth element (REE), niobium and tantalum properties in Quebec.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>Medallion Resources Ltd - MDL</h3><br />Price: 0.37 Market cap: $16 million<br /><br />Medallion is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and evaluation of mineral resource properties located in North America. The Company’s properties include Rare-earth-element and Lithium Properties, which focuses on the exploration for lithium, rare-earth elements (REE’s) and related energy-technology metals.<br /><br />Eden Lake Property, and Red Wine Property<br /><br />The Eden REE Project is located on the east shore of Eden Lake in the Leaf Rapids district of Manitoba. It is approximately 20 kilometers northwest of Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, and 170 kilometers northwest of Thompson, Manitoba. <br /><br />Medallion's Red Wine HREE Project consists of four mineral licenses, which cover a total of 33.75 square kilometers in southern Labrador. The main license (2225 hectares) is in the southern portion of the Red Wine intrusions, located about 90 kilometers northeast of Churchill Falls, Labrador and 16 kilometers east of provincial route 389.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3>Commerce Resources - CCE</h3><br />Price: 0.82 Market cap: $107 million<br /><br />Commerce Resources Corp. (Commerce) is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company. The Company’s focuses on tantalum, niobium and rare earth elements (REEs). The Company is in the process of exploring three mineral projects located in Canada: Blue River Tantalum-Niobium Project, and the Eldor and Carbo Rare Earth Projects. The Blue River Project is at an advanced stage of exploration. The Blue River Project, located approximately 30 kilometers north of Blue River, British Columbia. The Eldor Property is located in the Labrador Trough area of northern Quebec<br /><br /><br /><br />CAUTION to new investors: Investing in common stocks of publicly-listed companies is a high risk (and high potential reward) activity, and choosing speculative mining stocks compounds the risk significantly. Each company profiled on this page, and indeed all junior mining exploration companies, have the risk of going to zero.<br /><br />Owning investments in individual rare earth elements mining companies is for high risk investors only, and medium risk investors should consider rare earths elements ETFs, precious and rare metals funds, green mutual funds, closed-end clean energy funds, alternative energy index funds and other clean energy sector investments. Even then, these funds should be owned as part of a widely diversified portfolio, and always be considered as longer term investments.Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-40121780395592107212011-02-17T06:33:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:43:56.567-08:00Rare Earth Metals News, Feb 2011: China, Lithium, India, JapanRare earth elements have become increasingly newsworthy as the Chinese Government cuts quotas, builds a stockpile and establishes new rules for trading Rare Earth Elements (REEs) domestically and internationally.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"target="_blank">February 2011 Rare Earth Metals industry news</span> <br /><br /><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/17/c_13737097.htm"target="_blank">China launches new rules for rare earths industry</a><br /><br /><a href="http://resourceinvestingnews.com/12776-lithiums-long-term-competitive-advantage.html"target="_blank">Tesla and Toyota choosing Lithium over REEs</a><br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703373404576147912954667734.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"target="_blank">Wall Street Journal: India and Japan in Rare Earth Elements alliance</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Related rare Earth Elements and Green Energy links</span><br /><br /><a href="http://ojoecollege.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-how-facebook-youtube-and-twitter.html"target="_blank">Egypt's Revolutiuon 2.0: How Facebook, YouTube, Google and Twitter overthrew a tyrant</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://windpowerstockstowatch.blogspot.com/2011/02/will-arab-awakening-day-of-anger-spike.html"target="_blank">Will Arab Awakening's "Day of Anger" spike world commodity markets?</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-76779958800787837822011-02-13T08:54:00.000-08:002011-03-08T08:03:03.556-08:00Van Eck launches investment fund for rare earth metals<span style="font-weight:bold;">Rare Earth Minerals investment fund from Van Eck Global</span><br /><br />The Market Vectors® Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX)seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index, a rules based, modified capitalization weighted, float adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of publicly traded companies primarily engaged in a variety of activities that are related to the mining, refining and manufacturing of rare earth minerals and strategic metals.<br /><br /><a href="http://vaneck.com/funds/REMX.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=remx&gclid=CNHVsIerv6cCFYEUKgodNzlSCA"target="_blank">Rare Earth Metals ETF investing and performance information</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-84187655314425236802011-02-07T17:14:00.000-08:002011-02-07T17:33:52.576-08:00Wall Street Journal: China stockpiling Rare Earth Metals in strategic reserveIn addition to reducing the quota on the amount of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) it allows to be exported, the Government of China has reportedly given the okay to the country's leading producer of rare earth metals to start building a stockpile.<br /><br />It has been reported that say storage facilities built recently in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia have capacity for more REEs than the 39,813 tonnes China exported last year.<br /><br />China controls 90%+ of the current global flow of rare earth metals, crucial for their use in cellphones, laptops, electric cars and green energy technologies.<br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704124504576117511251161274.html"target="_blank">WSJ.com Article on China building strategic reserve of rare earth metals</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491793430960965454.post-2028435615092973282011-01-30T12:19:00.000-08:002011-01-30T12:42:23.937-08:00Rare Earths Mining January News; Stocks, Reserves, Technology<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT1SBZf4dn5VaWPKtN9lBudIDaeB50wFcovd20qO9a1wz-oh7NvLRtoelfLgTVQh6pG5eyazffXFTfPp92PpSBrQ9888-kftp8M2ejueN9dhZRetazH-N4u6MGNyscqztiFS9khPKXns/s1600/photo-of-rare-earth-elements.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUT1SBZf4dn5VaWPKtN9lBudIDaeB50wFcovd20qO9a1wz-oh7NvLRtoelfLgTVQh6pG5eyazffXFTfPp92PpSBrQ9888-kftp8M2ejueN9dhZRetazH-N4u6MGNyscqztiFS9khPKXns/s400/photo-of-rare-earth-elements.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568081878160994754" /></a><br /><br />Here are some recent news stories and web articles about rare earth metals mining, rare earth elements companies, news about rare earth stocks and everything related to rare earth metals research:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/30/us-germany-kazakhstan-rawmaterials-idUSTRE70T2QN20110130"target="_blank">Jan 30: Germany signs Rare Earth Elements (REEs) deal with Kazakhstan</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stockmarketsreview.com/news/96468/"target="_blank">Jan 30: Dacha Strategic Metals (DSM) seeks $100 million for Rare Earths mining</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gas2.org/2011/01/28/nanocomposite-magnets-may-reduce-dependency-on-rare-earth-elements/"target="_blank">Jan 28: Nanocomposite Magnets may reduce dependency on Rare Earth Elements</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://resourceinvestingnews.com/12053-avalon-reports-increase-in-indicated-resources-in-the-nechalacho-rare-earth-elements-deposit.html"target="_blank">Jan 27: Avalon Rare Metals (AVL) announces increase in indicated reserves at Nechalacho, NWT</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20110127/waste-next-major-source-rare-earth-minerals.htm"target="_blank">Jan 27: Recycling waste can become a significant source of Rare Earth Elements (REEs)</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/business/global/28rare.html"target="_blank">Jan 27: Europe launching rare earths recycling initiatives</a>Joe Trainorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03963030295031426970noreply@blogger.com0