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.
Local explorer Northern Minerals plans to build a test pilot plant at its Browns Range project near Halls Creek at a cost of about $ US18 million ($ A25 million), rather than proceeding with full - scale development in light of the depressed
rare earths market.
The Wall Street Journal suggested Japan could use the discovery to break China's stranglehold on
the rare earth market and prevent future market shocks.
Meanwhile, Wiltshire said, China is moving to solidify its future monopoly on
the rare earth market.
Not exact matches
Lynas»
market capitalisation swelled to over $ 4 billion during the 2011
rare earths bubble but a collapse in prices and problems with the company's processing plant saw its share price tank.
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.
Palladium — one of the
rarest elements on
earth and mined almost exclusively in Russia and South Africa — is the smallest precious metals
market, making its prices particularly vulnerable to such speculative trading.
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.
The current trade dispute between China and the United States will almost certainly influence the
rare earth elements (REE)
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China's largest producer of
rare earths is poised to resume production after a one - month suspension aimed at stabilising the
market.
Concomitantly, as smuggling and illegal mining thrived on this highly lucrative
market, China has also recently started a vigorous crackdown on illegal activity and took steps for greater regulation of the
rare earth metals sector.
This refers to
rare earth metals or
rare -
earth elements (REMs), a set of 17 naturally occurring non-toxic materials, which play a pivotal role for emerging technologies and which are predominantly produced and exported from China.Estimations of China «s hold on the REMs
market are as high as 97 % of the world production.
But even before China flexed its
market - dominating power a slew of scientific researchers had been investigating how to use less
rare earths — or even none at all — by fabricating better magnetic materials.
He believes Molycorp, which invested $ 895 million to modernize the mining operations here, could seize as much as a third of the global
market for
rare -
earth minerals when the revamped Mountain Pass facility becomes fully operational next year.
But China currently dominates the
market for producing
rare earths, accounting for approximately 95 % of the worldwide supply.
Miami About Blog Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger is a highly sought - after stock analyst and best selling writer syndicated internationally and known throughout the financial industry for his accurate, in depth and timely analysis of the general
markets, particularly as they relate to the precious metals, nuclear and
rare earth sector.
All that and more, plus a look at how China cornered the
market on
rare -
earth metals.
As some of the excitement around
rare earth elements seems to have abated since the heady highs of fall 2009, we decided to re-visit this very small but intriguing sector of the
market with an expert in Clean Technology / Alternative Energy, Dr. Jon Hykawy of Byron Capital
Markets.
Miami About Blog Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger is a highly sought - after stock analyst and best selling writer syndicated internationally and known throughout the financial industry for his accurate, in depth and timely analysis of the general
markets, particularly as they relate to the precious metals, nuclear and
rare earth sector.
Right after 5N Plus (VNP.TO) bought a company twice its size, their
market (
rare earth) crumbled and VNP was stuck with the huge debt.
But regulatory pressure, coupled perhaps with the
market forces of the new Molycorp mine, could be the start of a cleaner
rare -
earth mining industry.