SOURCE : Reuters (14-01-11) Much has been made of China’s monopoly on rare earth metals, providing more than 90 percent of the world’s supply. With the metals such an important component [...]
SOURCE : Mineweb (10-01-11) Japan’s Natural Resources and Energy Agency will commission Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) to develop robotic deep-sea mining technology to evacuate minerals, which will [...]
SOURCE : International Relations and Security Network (03-01-11) Looking back at the major headlines of 2010, one story stands out as truly unexpected: The sudden concern with a little-known class of [...]
SOURCE : Mineweb (02-01-11) Scientists say they have developed nanoprocessing technology which may lead to the production of other artificial rare metals. Japanese researchers say they have created the world’s first artificial [...]
TORONTO, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Rare earth elements are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors. Demand is growing, fueled by green [...]
The Oil Drum — Just over a year ago, and spurred by an article in Time, I wrote a post on the possible global supply of lithium, which is [...]
BERLIN, GERMANY (Commodity Online): The next resource conflict could be about minerals and rare earth elements needed to fuel the green economy, as China, which supplies most [...]
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