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On May 16, Orbite Aluminae (‘Orbite’, TSX: ORT | OTCQX: EORBF) presented its quarterly results. Some of the highlights that were mentioned included the start of non-commercial operations of the High Purity Alumina (HPA) plant and the delivery of first commercial HPA samples with a purity of 99.99%, the exclusive worldwide agreement with Veolia, the issuance of patents in China and Russia. Orbite also announced that Mr. Glenn R. Kelly will join Orbite as the new Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), starting on May 21, 2013. Interestingly, all management will…

The Pulse: Potash to pick up; Setback for Brazil project: Will some countries “die”?

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On the back of news from Potash Corp of Saskatchewan that spot potash prices have gained up to $70/tonne in recent weeks, with deals in Southeast Asia being done at $470/tonne, comes a bank report that sees shipments of the fertilizer feedstock on the recovery track. Analyst Patricia Mohr at Toronto-based Scotiabank notes that spot prices were largely flat in April at around $405/tonne (against $452.50 last December) but look like picking up soon. Yet April, according to some press reports, saw Canada’s biggest monthly potash export volume since the 1990s.…

The Pulse: TUC beats path to China; Tin becoming more critical; Mitsui boosts hydro portfolio

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Mr Market seems to have decided that a jilted heavy rare earth explorer might be worth another look. After its battering last week (down 30.4% on Thursday, down a further 4% on Friday and no trading Monday), TUC Resources (ASX:TUC) bounced 13.2% after the Australian market opened Tuesday morning to hit A6c. No further announcement has been made since TUC reported on Thursday that Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources had shelved the memorandum-of-understanding that would have seen A$19 million invested in the junior’s projects which have good yttrium,…

Bangladesh textile factory disaster highlights importance of corporate sustainability

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The death of over 1000 people killed in a Dhaka factory collapse late April should come as no surprise to those who are familiar with Bangladesh’s poor labor standards. Bangladesh has become one of the most important textile and garment manufacturing centers in the world. However, the secret of Bangladesh’s textile sector boom has less to do with a tradition of quality, outstanding design and craftsmanship. No, the reason has far more, exclusively so, with the fact that major international garment producers can secure manufacturing at very low cost thanks to ‘world…

The Pulse: Rare Earth stocks come back to life; Europe still going nuclear; Niobium ready to roar

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Are we on the way back? That is, has the rare earths sector finally bottomed out? Too early to tell, but some stocks are again showing life and making gains, some in considerable percentage leaps. (Australian and Canadian share prices are in their respective currencies. Trading in dual listed markets, or over-the-counter, are excluded from the summary below.) The tone for Friday was set by Molycorp (NYSE:MCP), which saw its stock just after the New York open headed for a 22% rise after reporting a smaller than expected loss. (The details…

Tesla Motors: from ’0′ to Wall Street darling faster than a ‘Model S’

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Some of us - of whom yours truly happens to be an especially indicative example - enjoy driving cars, motorcycles and most other transportation emitting an appealing mechanical whine, requiring a certain skill in managing a manual gear shift and a clutch pedal. Even more of us want to make sure their vehicles can reach the intended destination without running out of ‘power’. Even for the more compromising majority of people who still affect this ‘primitive’ affliction, electric cars are a hard sale. The majority of electric cars is small and…

The Pulse: Ripples in potash sector; Turkey will need uranium; Japan’s offshore wind push

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Potash is the news with two developments  — a new controversy over Saskatchewan potash policy and India slicing its subsidies (again). Clearly, it may not be all plain sailing for the potash producers in the near future with London brokers Whitman Howard predicting subdued Indian demand and prices possibly going lower than the $400/tonne recently negotiated with Indian and Chinese customers. As of April 1, the Indian government cut its potash and phosphate subsidies. The hardest hit is muriate of potash, the dominant form imported by India; those subsidies have been…

The Pulse: The most expensive critical metal?; Japan REE recycling effort; An unlikely nuclear champion; U.S. potash flashback

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How about a metal product that commands up to $396,000 a tonne? That’s the top of the range for high-purity alumina (HPA). About 7,500 tonnes is produced globally each year. Even at the bottom of the range the price is impressive at $141,000 a tonne. As explained by one of the hopeful new entrants, Australian Minerals & Mining Group (ASX:AKA), HPA is widely used in filters for magnetic media to boost thermal conductivity, in composite resins and ceramic parts and substrates used in electronic components and semi-conductor manufacturing equipment. Demand is…

Japan ready to restart Reactors: Debunking ‘Fukushima’ and the rare earths Potential

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Two years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami that have devastated Japan, the most violent ever recorded in Japan. Although some 20,000 people were killed by the resulting crashes, explosions, fires and gas leaks, whenever the world remembers this major disaster, the media and the public focus on the radiological hazard posed by nuclear power plants, leaving objectivity and clarity to be desired. Upon closer inspection, the real wonder is the high level of safety that was demonstrated by Japan’s reactors when considering the most relevant technical aspects of the…

#TMS2013: “A great event, perhaps the best in the Industry”

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The second annual Technology Metals Summit was, by all accounts, great event. At the end of the last session, Richard Brescianini from Arafura Resources General Manager of Exploration & Development at Arafura Resources (ASX: ARU) congratulated Tracy Weslosky, Publisher of ProEdgeWire and the organizer of the TMS2013, going as far as to say that this was “the best event in the industry….by far”. This sentiment was widespread. Participants, sponsors, speakers and delegates alike praised the panel format, which allowed for discussion, debate and a more in depth analysis of the ideas.…

The Pulse: Chinese clean out gold stocks; Uranium “never looked better”; Scandium scramble

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This sign went up outside the Caishikou Department Store in Beijing last week: “No gold bars are available. Customers who have paid can pick up their bars in one week”. That store is Beijing’s largest gold retailer, and last week it ran out of the yellow metal. So not everyone is dumping gold. In fact, investors in China stampeded last week when the price fell well beneath $1400/oz. According to China Daily, one buyer emerging from the store said “I couldn’t wait to buy gold. Many of my colleagues and friends…
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Solar Power Windows Fast Approaching Commercial Production

May 17, 2013 (Source: Clean Technica) -- Commercial production of solar windows, using the patented SolarWindow spray-on solar power coating system, may be just around the corner. A recent announcement from US building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) developer New Energy Technologies Ltd. (which we’ve been following for years) has us feeling that the time may soon come. As per New Energy Technologies’ recent…

Mid Devon homes top solar panels table

May 17, 2013 (Source: BBC) -- Solar panels have been fitted to more homes in a part of Devon than anywhere else in England, Scotland and Wales, according to official statistics. About 8% of homes in Mid Devon have panels compared with about 1.4% in England. The figures showed 362,000 homes have installed solar panels in England, Scotland and Wales…

Cavan Work Program Underway on Quebec Graphite Properties

May 15, 2013 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Source: Marketwired) -- CAVAN VENTURES INC. (TSX VENTURE:CVN) ("Cavan" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has started a prospecting and exploration work program on its five prospective graphite projects, acquired in April 2012, May 2012 and March 2013, and which are located in the Province of Quebec. The projects consist…

Solar power costs closing in on wind

May 16, 2013 (Source:  Financial Post) -- Solar panels were cheaper than wind turbines for the first time last year in certain markets, per unit of capacity, and are rapidly closing a remaining gap in the full cost of power generation. Until now, wind power has been the leading low-carbon alternative to oil, coal and gas, outside large niche markets…

What Happened To Greece’s Solar Surge?

May 17, 2013 (Source: Forbes) -- Well, they did it. Just a few months after reporting exceptionally strong growth in the solar sector, Athens announced that they would implement retroactive cuts to state subsidies. Like a number of European states, Greece had implemented a number of funding mechanisms over the last decade aimed at spurring solar growth. However, as the region’s economic…

Approval Sought For 960 Solar Panel Farm In Somerset

May 17, 2013 (Source: Solar Panels uk) -- The number of solar panel farms continues to grow here in the UK as we strive to achieve the country’s carbon emission reduction targets. Permission has been sought by Roger Reed, who is a developer, for the installation of 960 solar panels to be situated on agricultural land by Long Sutton that is a…

Boston Goes Solar

May 17, 2013 (Source: domestic fuel) -- The Boston/Dedham Commerce Park is the new home of the largest rooftop solar array in the City of Boston. The 974 kilowatt capacity solar project was completed by FireFlower Alternative Energy in partnership with First Highland Management & Development and spans 12,000 square feet. The solar system to produce enough electricity to “fuel” approximately 65…

Sauer Energy and iCeL Deliver Next Generation Solutions

May 15, 2013 -- CAMARILLO, CA (Source: Marketwired) -- Sauer Energy Inc. ("SEI") (OTCBB: SENY), developer of the patented WindCharger™ vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and manufacturer of the patented HELIX WIND® vertical axis wind turbine, announced today it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to form a Strategic Alliance with iCeL® Energy Solutions™ ("iCeL"), a state-of-the-art energy storage and…

Adding an Electric Car Cut the Payback Point of Our Solar Panel Investment in Half

May 13, 2013 (Source: Businessweek) -- When we discussed our home solar panel project in mid-2011 with friends, one of the first questions everyone asked was, “What’s the payback period before you break even?” The second question, unsurprisingly, was, “How much is it costing you?” but the focus always ended up on the payback. After all, if you’re going to…

Hyundai Installing 10 MW Of Solar At South Korean Factory

May 10, 2013 (Source: Solar Industry) -- Hyundai Motor Co. will install a 10 MW rooftop solar photovoltaic project at its manufacturing facility in Asan, South Korea. Hyundai's Asan factory will host the solar array, while Korea Electric Power Corp. will purchase the electricity produced by the solar modules and sell it to areas near the plant, including Asan. Working…

Green party, renewable energy sector argue for ‘cleaner option’ for power

May 10, 2013 (Source: Vancouver Sun) -- The Green Party of BC joined forces Thursday with the province's renewable energy sector to offer an alternative to an economy driven by fossil fuels, such as the massive export of liquefied natural gas. Party leader Jane Sterk told a Vancouver news conference that she wants to remove the "impoverished thinking" that places…

Possible EU punitive solar duties opposed

May 10, 2013 (Source: China Daily) -- Chinese photovoltaic panel manufacturers face import tariffs of up to 67.9 percent in Europe China is firmly opposed to any punitive duties set by the European Union targeting Chinese solar companies, and the government will defend the rights of domestic companies, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday. "China expects the EU to…

Flying car ‘for the rest of us’ can be flown by anyone, company says

May 9, 2013 (Source: CTV) -- A Massachusetts-based aerospace company says it is developing a user-friendly, affordable flying car that will allow "the rest of us" to leave the asphalt and go airborne whenever the mood -- or rush-hour traffic -- strikes. Terrafugia has made similar announcements in the past. The prototype of its Transition plane, unveiled to much fanfare at the New…

MidAmerican’s wind energy project is $1.9 billion windfall for Iowa

May 9, 2013 (Source: Press Citizen) -- MidAmerican Energy Co.’s $1.9 billion investment in wind energy in Iowa will help hold down customers’ electric bills, make the state more attractive to companies looking for greener energy, and create good jobs, state and utility leaders said Wednesday. The MidAmerican Energy project becomes the biggest single economic investment ever in the state,…
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