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Canada Lithium wins analysts’ nod of approval

2012-03-01 09:07:28 (читать в оригинале)

Analysts have given an upbeat assessment of Canada Lithium’s chances of success, after the company this week announced it has secured $75-million in credit lines over five-years to finance Canada Lithium’s Quebec open pit mine and processing plant. Commissioning of the $207-million project is due to commence in late 2012. The company still has a [...]

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Okinawa’s ‘fraudulent’ rare earth pact

2012-03-01 09:06:27 (читать в оригинале)

Last month, there was much fanfare in the Japanese media about a deal in the works between Inner Mongolia in China and Okinawa in Japan that would see trade in rare earths between the two regions. Officials from Okinawa had visited the Chinese region on a goodwill mission in January, and returned home to tell [...]

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Talk of rising prices for medium and heavy rare earths

2012-03-01 09:05:24 (читать в оригинале)

A quick chat with traders over the last couple of weeks suggests that prices of medium and heavier rare earths appear to be picking up. This is partly because Chinese exporters are holding back material in the hope of higher prices later on and also consumers are likely to be on the look out for [...]

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Lynas Corp gets rare earth operating licence, but tensions will simmer on

2012-03-01 08:57:16 (читать в оригинале)

No doubt the champagne corks were popping at Lynas Corp on news that it had finally won its hard fought for temporary licence to operate its controversial advanced material plant in Malaysia to refine rare earths. But the battle appears far from being over. Even so there was probably a sigh of relief from rare [...]

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WTO ruling and the risk of ‘deja vu’ for rare earths

2012-03-01 08:55:52 (читать в оригинале)

China has been successfully challenged at the World Trade Organisation for restricting exports of raw materials such as bauxite, coke, magnesium, manganese and zinc, which creates differentiated prices in favour of domestic Chinese firms, when compared with foreign rivals. There is a very clear parallel with rare earths where there are quotas and tariffs in [...]