Japan, Vietnam Launch Rare Earths Technology Facility
Source: IB Times, Esther Tanquintic-Misa  (6/19/12)
"Both Asian countries agreed to extract and separate rare earths from mined ore in Vietnam before sending it to Japan. Vietnam holds one of the world's biggest reserves of rare earths." More >

Dramatic Copper Demand Growth Expected from China, India, Brazil
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb  (6/18/12)
"For the first five months of 2012, China's YOY copper imports increased by 52% as demand for the red metal continued to soar, suggesting firm demand from the world's major commodity buyer." More >

Time to Dig In to Rare Earth Stocks
Source: Minyanville, Helen Burnett-Nichols  (6/18/12)
"With many driven close to their 52-week lows, here's what to watch for during the second half of 2012." More >

Rare Earth Mining in South Africa
Source: Resource Investing News, Adam Currie  (6/18/12)
"With Africa receiving increased investor attention due to the recent surge in global commodities prices, South Africa, the continent's mining powerhouse, is leading the rare earth charge." More >

Greenland's Minerals Loom in China–Denmark Ties
Source: Reuters, John Acher and Mette Fraende  (6/18/12)
"Chinese President Hu Jintao's three-day visit to Denmark may ostensibly have been about signing billions worth of business deals, but a stake in Greenland's huge mineral wealth may have been the elephant in the room." More >

Thinner than a Pencil Trace
Source: Nanowerk News, Björn Forsman   (6/18/12)
"It's not just the IT sector that is watering at the mouth at the thought of graphene. Even in the energy, medical and material technology sectors, there are high hopes of using the material's spectacular properties." More >

Malaysia Sets New Rules for Rare Earth Plant
Source: Associated Press, Eileen Ng  (6/15/12)
"Malaysia's government has imposed two new conditions on a rare earth refinery set up by Australian miner Lynas to assuage public fears of radioactive pollution." More >

It's Time to 'Buy Low' on Rare Earth Stocks: Byron King
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (6/12/12)
Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor newsletters and contributor to the Daily Resource Hunter. Nonetheless, he argues, large-scale demand for high-tech metals remains. The question is, which developers can weather the storm? Read more in this exclusive Critical Metals Report interview. More >

Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low?
Source: Louis James, International Speculator  (6/12/12)
"People brave enough to buy when others are not interested know the secret of how to 'buy low and sell high.' They are the true contrarians." More >

Molycorp-Neo Material Merger Now Complete
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (6/12/12)
"Molycorp says the now completed acquisition of Neo Material Technologies is a game changer that will open up new and exciting rare earths product opportunities." More >

Ten-Point Model for Picking Mining Winners: Dr. Michael Berry
Source: Chris Marchese of The Gold Report  (6/11/12)
If this is a bottom, Dr. Michael Berry sees it as the ideal time to pick up bargains in the mining sector. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the Federal Reserve Board expert gives his diagnosis for what ails the markets and names the companies from Alaska to Brazil that could survive the financial plague wiping out equities all over the world. More >

Rare Earth Minerals: An End to China's Monopoly Is in Sight
Source: Forbes, Paul Martyn  (6/11/12)
"North America is finally waking up to the consequences of a continued Chinese monopoly and has quietly invested significant money and resources into mining rare earth elements domestically." More >

Why Graphite Is One of the Few Spaces Where Savvy Investors Can Make Money
Source: Alex Cowie, Money Morning  (6/11/12)
"The number of graphite stocks tripled in the space of a year. Some huge gains are being made by jumping on the stories at the very start." More >

Op Ed: Let Industry Take the Lead on REE Supply Risk
Source: MetalMiner, Lisa Reisman   (6/10/12)
"Here's why policy-making for strategic metals and materials, rare earths or whatever terminology you want to use belongs outside of Washington, D.C." More >

Beware of False Claims About Rare Earth Metals: Bob Wolf
Source: Alec Gimurtu, The Critical Metals Report  (6/5/12)
Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth supply chain. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Wolf explains why rare earth elements are irreplaceable in many applications and outlines the patenting and permitting hurdles that producers must overcome to realize mine-to-magnet production. More >

The One Mineral That Will Advance Our World
Source: Byron King, Penny Sleuth  (6/5/12)
"The potential for graphene applications is endless. Cell phones and durable screens aren't the end of it. Battery technology could be immensely enhanced." More >

China to Impose Rare Earth Tax
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb  (6/4/12)
"China is looking to tightly control the sale and production of rare earth minerals by instituting a new tax, even as it pursues a national rare earth reserve to stabilize prices." More >

It's Time to Take Advantage of the REE Dip
Source: Carl Delfeld, ETF Daily News  (6/4/12)
"I believe it's time to take advantage of this sharp pullback and make a value-driven move on rare earth stocks." More >

EU Policy Makers Urged to Tap into REE Supplies
Source: Rare Earth Investing News, Adam Currie  (6/4/12)
"Rare earth metals in European and Nordic countries have the potential to save the region's automobile and electronics industries from uncertain imports and predesignated quotas." More >

Rare Earth Elements in Medicine
Source: RareMetalBlog, Ian London   (6/1/12)
"Their unique properties, such as radiation emission or magnetism, allow REEs to be used in many different therapeutic and diagnostic applications in modern medicine." More >

Don't Tip the Balance on Graphite Supply: Stephen Riddle
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (5/29/12)
Asbury Carbons CEO Stephen Riddle, the fourth-generation Riddle to run the 118-year-old company that bills itself as "the world's carbon and graphite source," is delighted to see sources of natural graphite resurfacing outside of China now that the commodity's price justifies investment in exploration and production. However, in this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Riddle tells us he's not convinced the buzz about exploding demand is justified—in fact, he worries overzealous producers may tip the balance toward too much supply. More >

Musings on the Long-Term Fundamentals of the Copper Market
Source: Mickey Fulp, The Mercenary Geologist  (5/28/12)
"Shy of a complete global economic meltdown or a catastrophic natural disaster, long-term supply and demand fundamentals remain strong and that certainly bodes well for a robust and healthy Dr. Copper." More >

Australian Graphite Explorers Kicking Goals
Source: Australian Journal of Mining, Mike Foley  (5/24/12)
"Activity is heating up amongst Australia's graphite explorers, fueling speculation that graphite might just be a boom mineral in the making." More >

Rare Earth Junior Miners Should Applaud China: Michael Silver
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (5/22/12)
In a sector where the playing field is not always level, Michael Silver, chairman and CEO of rare earth supplier American Elements, makes a case for more cooperation. With China's quotas creating a marked price differential for critical metals, Silver insists that junior miners finally have an opportunity to develop the U.S. resource and manufacturing sectors. Silver shares his vision of a fair market—and his favorite junior miners—in this exclusive Critical Metals Report interview. More >

Rare Earth Mining in Quebec
Source: Resource Investing News  (5/22/12)
"With an investor-friendly market environment coupled with 26 underground open-pit mines and over 300 sandpits, quarries and peat bogs, Quebec's mining industry has thrived over the past decade." More >