Another large rare earth mine found in Hubei’s Shiyan (09-10-10) — People Daily — A large-scale rare earth mine was discovered in Longba Town of Zhuxi County in the city of Shiyan in Hubei Province, according to the Hubei Land and Resources Department. After a week-long site investigation, geologists ascertained that rich rare earth resources are preserved under the Laoyin Mountain located at Zhuxi County.
Currently, experts are launching detection and location for the indices of the rare earth mineral’s composition, structure, quality and reserve amount. They said this region is very rich in forest resources, water resources and mineral resources.
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Germany to help Japan obtain vital rare earths (16-10-10) — Agence France Presse — YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Germany will help Japan gain access to vital rare earth minerals which are being withheld by China in a territorial dispute, German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said Saturday.
Bruederle was speaking on his way home from a visit to Tokyo where he had talks with Japanese trade and economy ministers Akihiro Ohata and Banri Kaieda.
He said they had raised the possibility of Japan running out of stocks of the commodities vital for the manufacture of electronic goods such as mobile telephones.
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La Chine a cessé d’exporter aux USA un minerai vital pour l’industrie (20-10-10) — WASHINGTON, 20 octobre 2010 (AFP) – La Chine a suspendu ses exportations aux Etats-Unis de terres rares, un minerai vital pour l’industrie, qui s’en sert pour produire du métal, afin de manifester son mécontentement à l’égard d’une enquête ouverte par Washington, rapportait mardi soir le New York Times.
Pékin a discrètement décidé cette semaine d’appliquer cette mesure afin de protester contre une enquête des Etats-Unis sur des soupçons de subventions illégales versées au secteur chinois de l’industrie verte, affirme le quotidien américain de référence.
“L’embargo est en train d’être étendu” au-delà du Japon, écrit le journal new-yorkais, qui cite un industriel américain dont l’identité n’a pas été divulguée.
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Platinum deposits found in India (20-10-10) — BANGALORE (Commodity Online): Huge deposits of minerals of precious Platinum Group of Elements (PGE) such as platinum, palladium and nickel have been found in Davangere and Uttar Kannada districts of Karnataka.
The PGE ore was found in Hanumalapura, Tavaregere, Mesanikere and Magyathahalli in Davangere district and Kaiga, Mothimakki, Biroligudda and Suryakalyanigudda areas in Uttara Kannada district.
In Hanumalapura area alone, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has estimated 0.84 million tonne of resources of PGE ore with an average grade of 1.79 gram per tonne. The GSI is the nodal agency under the ministry to regulate the minerals.
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Japan looks to Central Asia for rare earth supply (31-10-10) — The National — This month a team of executives from Kazatomprom, the Kazakh state company that is the world’s biggest uranium producer, were invited to the economy ministry in Tokyo.
The ministry was not interested in discussing fuel supplies for its nuclear power plants. It wanted to talk about rare earth metals.
For almost a month China, which is responsible for more than 93 per cent of rare earth metals production, has imposed a de facto embargo on exports of the metals to Japan, the world’s biggest user.
As a result, Japan is desperate for Kazatomprom to accelerate the rare earth joint ventures it launched this year with Sumitomo and Toshiba.
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Associated Press — Japan, Vietnam agree on rare earths, nuclear power (31-10-10) — HANOI, Vietnam – Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says Vietnam has chosen Japan as a partner to mine rare earth metals and help build the Communist country’s second nuclear power plant.
Kan told reporters Sunday that Vietnam selected Japan for both projects during a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Hanoi.
Japan earlier this month announced plans to begin mining in Vietnam for rare earth metals used in high-tech manufacturing, in a bid to reduce its dependence on China.
China has blocked rare earths shipments to Japan following a diplomatic spat between the two countries involving disputed islands in the East China Sea.
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