Rare Earth Outlook 2017: Another Slow Year Ahead
By Jocelyn Aspa
2016 was a difficult year for the rare earth market, and 2017 is poised to be much of the same for the sector.
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By Jocelyn Aspa
2016 was a difficult year for the rare earth market, and 2017 is poised to be much of the same for the sector.
The lack of a secure rare earth supply outside of China is still an issue that doesn’t get enough attention.
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Mkango Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MKA) (the “Corporation” or “Mkango”), a mineral exploration company focused on the Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in the Republic of
Friday May 20th the first annual European Rare Earth Roundtable, hosted by Adamas Intelligence and the Technology, Rare and Electronic Materials Center. Following the event, the Investing News Network reached out to Ryan Castilloux of Adamas Intelligence to get some updated insight into the market.
Rare Earth Salts announced that it has a defined path to near term commercialization of its rare earth separation technology. Company CEO Allen Kruse has said that Rare Earth Salts low-cost technology will allow rare earth companies to directly compete with domestic Chinese pricing.
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV:UCU) announced that it has hired Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. to complete a Feasibility Study on its flagship Bokan-Dotson Ridge project, located in Southeast Alaska.
Despite the state of the current resource market, several companies managed to rise above and make gains on the TSX last week.
ECNS.com reported that 7 rare earth companies in Japan have banded together in a legal claim against Hitachi Metals (TYO:5486). Hitachi has over 600 key patents for neodymium iron boron magnets.
A report from Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources emphasizes that the country’s “position is unique with respect to REE development not only because of its rare earth reserves, but also because of the country’s stable environment and mining expertise,” according to Mineweb.
By Vivien Diniz
Christopher Ecclestone, principal of Hallgarten & Company, recently spoke with Rare Earth Investing News about the state of the rare earth market.
The company says producing a mixed rare earth carbonate is a significant milestone en route to a feasibility study anticipated at the end of the first quarter.
Despite a two-year campaign to stamp out illegal rare earth mining in China, smuggling is still widespread in the country, which has a monopoly on the rare metals.
Second in a series about rare earth companies and projects in Canada, this article focuses on Western Canada and the Northwest Territories.
2014 should be a better year for rare earth prices, as demand picks up and supplies tighten.
Tom Szabo, an investment strategist and principal of MetalAugmentor.com, invests in miners with base metal, specialty metal and rare earth element projects because the market isn’t quick to notice them—meaning it’s easy to get in early on a great project. His Peerless system helps to identify opportunities based on unique
Most rare earth companies had a good week last week, due to news that China is likely to purchase 10,000 tonnes of rare earths for its strategic minerals stockpile.
In this interview with The Metals Report, geek out with the Marianos as they talk rare earths and igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
Market participants are watching to see how the Chinese government divvies up purchases of rare earths for its stockpile.
The Metals Report (7/16/13) – Western rare earth companies are in a conditioning period, optimizing on every front to get the leanest capital costs possible. In the next six months, Geologist Alex Knox expects a big shakeout across the rare earth space as companies release amended PEAs and feasibility studies.
Chinese officials are shutting down mines illegally producing rare earth concentrate and that is having a positive effect on rare earth stocks and prices.
