Sentences with phrase «for rare earths»

Worldwide demand for rare earths is expected to grow by 10 percent a year, yet production has leveled off in recent years.

However nano in fixed applications where they wont leak out (hopefully) has promise, in this case as a replacement for rare earths.

But as worldwide demand for rare earths is also expected to grow 10 percent a year, the prospect of strict Chinese control over them could mean a reorientation of how businesses around the world, especially those in green technology, operate.

We probably will have to develop carbon nano - enineered replacements for rare earths and conductive metals, if this is possible, to run an electrical economy (which form of power is our only hope).

At the same time as Lynas got its house in order, demand for rare earths spiked again due to China's environmental pollution controls and growing demand for electric vehicles.

- Second, mining for rare earths is tricky, and dangerous.

The REACT projects identify low - cost and abundant replacement materials for rare earths while encouraging existing technologies to use them more efficiently.

«The higher the raw material prices for rare earths, the more it will pay off to recycle already existing materials.»

But the Chinese have warned that their own domestic industry appetite for rare earths may eventually force them to stop exporting — an action that would leave the U.S. high - tech industries crippled without other readily available supplies.

Since the mine was completed in 2008, ore has been mined and is now stockpiled, ready for its rare earths to be extracted.

And demand for the rare earths continues to outpace supply, particularly as China has implemented export quotas.

Any deal would require approval from Lynas shareholders at the annual general meeting on November 30 but could help shore up the company's balance sheet after a sustained lull in the prices for rare earths.

If you remember, the real catalyst for the rare earth boom in 2010 was a confrontation between a Japanese warship and a Chinese fishing boat in disputed waters.

Sales volume actually increased slightly, as did base pricing, but differences in exchange rates and a decline in what it can charge for rare earth elements outweighed those improvements, the company said.

Geologists say newfound deposits in the embattled country could fulfill the world's desire for rare earth and critical minerals and end opium's local stranglehold in the process

What costs will be incurred is a question that is currently difficult to answer: «The anticipated financial advantage in recycling the magnets depends not only on the recycling process, but also on the price development for rare earth elements,» Diehl says.

Score another zero for the Rare Earth Hypothesis.

Ebooks are not green, the batteries alone are an environmental disaster and mining for rare earth isn't sustainable or good for the environment.

As for Rare earth metals: yeah, great idea, would that you had said this earlier.

Well, now thanks to advancements in robotics, deep - sea mining is rapidly approaching, especially for rare earth minerals that can be difficult to find in commercial quantities elsewhere (lanthanum is pictured above).

I believe it is true that there has been very serious environmental damage due to rare earth mining in China, but wind turbines are by no means the only use for rare earth minerals; they have become very widely used in the modern world.

Now the Times reports that the Chinese government is preparing to further tighten its control over export of these minerals, as it forms in essence a kind of OPEC for rare earth metals.

Surface mining for rare earth elements used in smartphones and wind turbines is difficult and rarely done in the United States.

Not exact matches

ASPIRING rare earths miner Arafura Resources is on a renewed push to progress its Nolans project in the Northern Territory and has set a date for mid-next year to decide whether to continue or walk aw

It's an exciting prospect, considering supply on Earth for such rare minerals as palladium — used for electronics and industrial purposes — is finite, pushing prices to $ 784 an ounce on April 2.

Currently, China accounts for more than 90 % of the world's rare earth production, and a number of Chinese miners have operations in North Korea.

As for that leverage: you can rest assured that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has long been funding research efforts to replace the rare - earth metals with other materials.

ASPIRING rare earths miner Arafura Resources is on a renewed push to progress its Nolans project in the Northern Territory and has set a date for mid-next year to decide whether to continue or walk away.

Rare earths hopeful Northern Minerals has attracted another Chinese investment group for a $ 30 million equity injection into its Browns Range project.

Peak Resources has appointed engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler for its Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania after locking in a $ 5 million interim loan.

Northern Minerals has attracted a Chinese - based funding partner to provide up to $ 49.5 million for its flagship Browns Range heavy rare earths project near Halls Creek.

Shares in local rare earths explorer Plymouth Minerals closed 75 per cent higher on news it had entered into an agreement to acquire two African potash projects for an all - scrip deal worth up to $ 2.75 million.

Northern Minerals is cutting salaries and reducing its head count to reduce costs as it seeks to complete the next stage of funding for its Browns Range rare earth project near Halls Creek.

The 100 % Northern Minerals owned project will operate as a large - scale pilot plant for three years, with the goal of expanding into one of the world's only significant suppliers for critical heavy rare earths outside of China.

The heavy rare earths developer announced this week it had received valid applications for $ 11.7 million in shares under the plan, pitched at 7.8 cents a share at the time of closing on the 12th of February.

Arafura Resources Ltd has been awarded a $ 3.3 million federal government grant for its NT rare earths - uranium project while biotechnology company Imugene Ltd has secured an $ 880,000 grant to produce and test bird flu vaccines on chickens.

Former rare earths market darling Lynas Corp is deep in talks with its largest bondholder about a potential debt - to - equity conversion for which it will seek shareholder approval in November.

Lynas is also working on extending the debt runway for its Japan Australia Rare Earths (JARE) loan facility, the bulk of which matures in June 2018.

Markets around the world saw prices for precious metals, rare earth elements and strategic metals deteriorate to the point where costs exceeded price, and mines began to falter.

I think China finally caught on to the fact that it was pricing its rare earth minerals at the uneconomic low - cost margin of extraction, not taking into account the environmental clean up costs or the replacement costs for these basically irreplaceable rare metals.

Rare earth minerals, the 17 elements used in high - tech products such as cell phones and hybrid vehicles, represent another potential source of growth for Canadians over time.

Obviously, Molycorp's management is aware of the strong correlation between its stock price and rare earth prices, and it tries to combat that by marketing a proprietary chemical called SorbX and a range of similar products for water treatment.

For Molycorp (MCP) and other rare earth producers, any delay of additional supply is good news.

Another way Molycorp tries to stay afloat while rare earths prices are falling is by being a vertically integrated neodymium (used for magnets) supplier.

The key for such new wave of EVs is a magnet for electric motors developed by the Japanese firm, which halves the use of a rare earth called neodymium and eliminates the use of others called terbium and dysprosium, the company revealed on Tuesday.

I think it will still be some time before a self - sufficient non-Chinese rare earth supply chain is established, but as demand for these metals and the products they are used in continues to grow, REE investment can be a profitable choice for the risk - tolerant investor.

Very small allocation justified, if all all, given the perilous track record rare earth miners have left behind for forensics.

The 1970's saw a rise in the price of commodities generally, and gold acted as a barometer for how little people trusted the new financial system that replaced one of the rarest metals on earth with «made up money».

«We also developed a new use for cerium, which is an over-produced rare earth that is a burden on mining,» King says.

Lynas Corporation has moved to address a looming shortfall in funding for the development of its Malaysian rare earths refinery.