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Rare Earth Turnaround to continue despite some minor bumps

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The ProEdgeWire Rare Earths and Critical Minerals index lost 4.23% for the week ending on May 17. The drop reflects the rather shaky commodities trend and the fact that many rare earths companies are listed in countries, whose currencies and market trends are closely tied to commodities such as Canada and Australia. Nevertheless, some companies in the index did manage to make notable gains. Peak Resources (ASX: PEK) gained 32.14%, confirming that investors appreciated the company’s deal that to ensure funding for its Ngualla REE project in Tanzania. On May 13, Peak…

Technology Metals Summit 2013 Presentations, Video Interviews and Special Thanks

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I would like to graciously thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for your participation in the 2nd Annual Technology Metals Summit, Renewable Energy -- the next industrial revolution. It was more than just another event for me; it was a gathering of friends and colleagues, and an affirmation of a promise for our industry's future prosperity. Speakers clearly articulated how the exciting new renewable energy technologies will drive growing demand for rare earths, graphite, lithium, vanadium and scandium, just to name a few...or as we call them -- Technology Metals. The above photo is a collection of…

Utah potash project on the way; Brazil’s big wind plans: Goldman backs Japanese green energy

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Goldman Sachs sees potash as the commodity for the next decade. In its latest report, Evolution of the super cycle: what’s changed and what may, Goldman places potash among the top 10 future themes in commodities. They say what we’ve been saying since Potashblog.com — one of the forerunners of ProEdgeWire — was started. As the Goldman analysts put it, “growing population, an increasing middle class and decreasing arable land, all lend themselves o increasing demand for potash”. That's it. In a nutshell. They equate potash with iron ore: like iron…

Orbite turns toxic waste into real value

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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…

Arafura explains how to cut a billion dollars in operating cost from an REE project

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May 17, 2013 - Chris Tonkin, CEO of Arafura Resources ('Arafura', ASX: ARU) in an interview with Tracy Weslosky, Publisher of ProEdgeWire, reveals some very important news "especially for shareholders" about the Nolans Rare Earths Project in central Australia. Chris wastes no time in noting that Arafura "is making some fairly major changes to the company and the Project...The headlines is that we're proposing to cut up to a billion dollars off our costs". A rather intrigued Tracy naturally asks "how do you propose to do that?' Chris is all too…

Japan’s ‘Abenomics’ fires first shot in the Rare Earths recovery

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The Japanese economy has started to grow for the first time in 20 years and this should help boost the rare earths sector. Japan’s new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was elected on a platform of economic growth and nationalism. Just months into office, Abe-san has been more successful than anyone had expected and the world has coined the new term’ Abenomics’ to describe the growth recipe that has made Abe into the ‘Iron Chef’ of the G8 nations. Japan’s GDP has risen 3.5%, while expectations were for a 2.8% more than…

How to co-exist with China’s rare earth oxide monopoly in a shared world

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Now I’m back in Australia, TMS2013 over and catching up on chores around our lovely Tasmanian property, I was hit by a revelation. It concerns the message being delivered by almost everyone in the ROW (rest of the world) REO (rare earth oxide) space. It is around their China strategy. Almost all of the potential producers are out to REPLACE China production. That is, they see it is their strategy to be able to produce into a supply chain instead of that particular supply chain being fed by China REO. Now…

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,…

They are back: Rare Earth Market turns around.

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In reviewing performance of the resource markets this last week, there is one clear leader: and they are the rare earths and critical minerals sector. Alessandro nailed the Tesla Motors story on Friday titled from ’0′ to Wall Street darling faster than a ‘Model S’. After all this is what we have been saying all along, that renewable energy is the next industrial revolution – and Tesla Motors is gunning their electric engines in anticipation of this market frenzy. Or is this the inevitable turnaround simply a predictable outcome that occurs…

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…

Shandong dumps TUC deal over Australian HREE

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China has done it yet again: a state-owned company starts to cosy up to a foreign mineral company and then, a few months later, pulls the plug on the proposed deal. Often the strategy is intended to force the target to take a far less attractive offer than was originally made. The latest victim is Australia’s TUC Resources (ASX:TUC) which has been notified by the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources that the Chinese side will not now take any action on a memorandum-of-understanding signed in January regarding TUC’s…

China’s Largest Heavy Rare Earth Separation Plant is Approved

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On May 6, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has approved what would be China’s largest heavy rare earth separation project, with its 7,000 tons/year capacity ion-absorbed-type middle and heavy rare earth separation plant, developed by NFC Southern Rear Earth (Xinfeng) Co., Ltd. in the city of Shaoguan, Guangdong province. Construction of the project is expected to start soon and expectations are that operations will start in 2015, according to the company’s plans. China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering and Construction (NFC), a subsidiary belonging to China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group)…

ProEdgeWire Assaulted by Hackers: Stans Energy Gets Mugged In a Tough Neighborhood

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Yesterday ProEdgeWire was attacked, according to our server provider in Chicago. Receiving 1000-2000 visits a minute, the influx causes us to be down for most of the day and it did not escape our team that this occured on the heels of the Malaysian election, which we and many others declared a win for LYNAS and the ROW rare earth supply. Since the Technology Metals Summit, many have asked me about an update on Stans Energy after the exclusive interview we recently did, but when I received Byron King's update, I contacted him and requested…

The Chinese Government’s most pressing Task for the Rare Earth Sector

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Su Bo, the deputy minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), on April 21, addressing the Association of China Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) annual conference urged to “Speed up the formation of a large rare earth industry group, which is the most pressing task for MIIT at present.” The full text of Su's speech has published on the MIIT's website last Thursday and it suggests that government plans to form state-level and large-scale rare earth conglomerates could be implemented shortly. “China's rare earth mining quota was 93,800 metric tons (REO), but…

Lynas’s Success in Malaysia could be catalyst for REE rebound

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Rare Earths and Critical Minerals Month in Review: The REE Leaders Index, which represents the 15 largest publicly owned global companies producing rare earth elements outside of China dropped 5.4% in April. The drop was reflected by the ProEdgeWire Rare Earths and Critical Minerals index, which dropped 15.16% for the same month. Only two companies showed gains. One was Frontier Rare Earths (Frontier, TSE: FRO), which gained 9.09% and the other was Medallion Resources (TSXV: MDL | OTCQX: MLLOF), which gained 5.88% in Toronto and 11.76% at the OTCQX. Frontier Rare…

Lynas survives ‘Make or Break’ Election as Government Coalition Wins

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The ruling coalition in Malaysia has won Sunday’s parliamentary election on Sunday. The turnout reached a record 80 percent. Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC | OTCQX: LYSDY), the Australian rare earths mining and processing company, also scored claim an important victory on Sunday.  News of the current government Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition’s win caused shares in Lynas to rise about 20% at one point in trading at the ASX. Many feared that Lynas’s AUD$ 800 million Advanced Material Plant (LAMP), which officially started producing rare earths last February, would have faced an…

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…
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Lynas Corporation: Beware of Misleading Investment Offers

May 20, 2013 (Source: Lynas Corporation) -- Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX: LYC, OTCQX: LYSDY) has become aware of an entity styled Lyens International Investment Group that is claiming to be part of the Lynas Group for the purposes of soliciting investment. Lynas Corporation wishes to warn investors it has no connection whatsoever with the entity. For further information please contact Alan Jury…

Orbite Announces New Appointments to Its Board of Directors

May 21, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) -- Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT)(OTCQX:EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Corporation") today announced that Mr. Peter Crossgrove, Mr. Pascal Decary and Mr. Claude Lamoureux are joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately, as independent members and will be proposed by the Board for election by the shareholders at the next annual general meeting of the company, which…

China April Rare-Earth Exports 2,196 Tons, up 28% on Month

May 21, 2013 (Source: WSJ) -- China exported 2,196 metric tons of rare earth in April, a 28% rise from March, a Hong Kong-based China customs data provider said Tuesday. The data from the China Customs Statistics Information Center, which uses China government data, indicate bargain hunting may be reviving global demand for rare earth, a group of metals used…

Texas Rare Earth Resources To Present At The Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference

May 20, 2013 -- Sierra Blanca, Texas (Source: PRNewswire) -- Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. (TRER) ("Texas Rare Earth"), a heavy rare earths exploration company, announced today that John Tumazos, Chairman of the Board, will present at the Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The Company's presentation is scheduled to…

Tasman granted Mining Lease for Norra Karr heavy REE project

May 21, 2013 -- Vancouver (Source: CNW) -- Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV:TSM; Frankfurt:T61; NYSE-MKT:TAS). Mr Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce that Tasman has been granted its Mining Lease for the Norra Karr heavy rare earth element (REE) project in Sweden. The Mining Lease gives the Company the full mineral rights for the Norra Karr project…

Fish milt used to glean rare earths

May 17, 2013 (Source: Japan Times) -- Japanese researchers said Friday they have found a better, cheaper way to smelt rare earth metals by using salmon milt, or sperm. Rare earth ores can contain several of the 17 metals considered essential to manufacturing motors, phone parts and other high-tech products, but separating and recovering the metals from the ore is…

Critical Materials behind Closed Doors

May 13, 2013 (Source: Strategic Materials Advisory Council) -- In recent weeks, several senior Obama administration officials have mentioned critical defense materials, and specifically rare earths, on Capitol Hill. Despite the obscurity of these materials in the minds of the general public, valid concerns are coming from the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of…

Cache Reports Encouraging REE And Gold Results

May 16, 2013 (Source: The Newswire) -- Mr. George A. Brown, President and CEO of Cache Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:CAY) is pleased to announce that the Company has received encouraging results for Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Gold (Au) from the Jake Lee Project in New Brunswick. Dr. David Lentz, P.Geo., is a Qualified Person as described in National Instrument 43-101…

Japan, South Africa to speed up joint rare earth project

May 16, 2013 (Source: Shanghai Daily) -- Japan and South Africa on Thursday agreed to accelerate a joint rare earth exploration project in the African country in an effort to reduce Japan's dependence on rare earth import from China, reported local media. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Japan's industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi and visiting South African Mineral…

Crossland Uranium: Change of Name/Update

May 16, 2013 (Source: Crossland Strategic Metals) -- As approved by shareholders at the AGM on 16 May 2013 the name of the Company will be changed from Crossland Uranium Mines Limited to Crossland Strategic Metals Limited.   The ASX code WILL NOT CHANGE and will remain CUX and there will not be any new Holding Statements until the shareholder…

Arafura Resources: Ferrowest acquires Yalyirimbi Iron Project

May 16, 2013 (Source: Arafura Resources) -- • Positive due diligence completed • Ferrowest to proceed with the Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire 60% of the Yalyirimbi Iron Project • Strategic acquisition of DSO project with potential for early cash flow • Key turning point in Ferrowest’s strategy Ferrowest Limited (“Ferrowest” or “the Company”) advisesthat following a period of…

Matamec Receives $1.1 Million from Toyotsu

May 16, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) -- Matamec Explorations Inc. ("Matamec" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MAT)(OTCQX:MHREF) is pleased to announce that the Company has received $1,100,558 CDN from its Japanese partner Toyotsu Rare Earth Canada Inc. ("Toyota" or "TRECan"), a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corp. ("TTC"). The goal of the Kipawa mine project is to supply Toyota with heavy rare earths ("HREE")…
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