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Canada Lithium wins analysts’ nod of approval

2012-02-29 12:13:27 (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

2012-02-29 12:11:58 (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

2012-02-29 12:10:28 (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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Glencore-Xstrata merger gets analysts’ nod

2012-02-29 12:09:23 (читать в оригинале)

Reaction among analysts to the all-share merger deal announced on Tuesday between multinational miner Xstrata and Glencore, the world’s largest commodity trader has been largely positive. Analysts say an 8% premium paid to access synergies under the so-called merger of equals could prove to be very ‘small beer.’ The long-expected move was finally smoothed by [...]

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Junior rare earth miners will become rarer

2012-02-29 12:07:59 (читать в оригинале)

The rare earth scramble is still on. Hundreds of junior miners are still showing their wares, pitching for scarce capital at exhibitions, summits or conferences across the globe in this season of early 2012 hope. In the next few weeks will be the annual mining Indaba in Cape Town and the PDAC in Toronto. The [...]