Canada: A Tantalum Producer in the Making? By Michelle Smith Click here for original article At present, Canada is virtually a non-issue with regards to tantalum production, but within the next few years that could change. If the claims and goals made by mining companies are realized, Canada could climb the ranks to become a notable tantalum producer. But there is one issue: though companie ...

On Tuesday October 30, 2012, at 2:00pm EDT Technology Metals Research will be hosting a webinar on the key technical parameters that will make or break the progress of rare earth projects. Those of you following companies such as Rare Element Resources, Ucore, Rare Earth Metals, Commerce Resources, Great Western Minerals Group, Lynas, Matamec, Stans Energy, Avalon Rare Metals, Tasman, Frontier ...

While there are well over 400 rare earths exploration projects underway in many locales around the world, what has been named the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt in British Columbia represents a unique opportunity for both explorers and resource stock investors. China controls about 97% of rare earth production and because they have severely cut back on exports, there is tremendous demand for these ...

China has made another clever move in its export restriction of rare earth elements. Recently the European Union, United States and Mexico complained to the World Trade Organization about China's raw materials export policies. The WTO resolved the issue in favour of the complainants.China answered back in a clever manner: their export cap will now include ferro-alloys containing more than 10% rare ...

Over the last few weeks, rare earth stocks have not been immune to the overall market downturn. The last week has seen a decline in all the exploration and mining companies exposed to rare earth elements.The largest declines were by Molycorp and Quest Rare Minerals.In a recent article by ETF Trends, it is proposed that the decline in the rare earth basket may have been magnified by disclosure that ...