Sentences with phrase «rare earths prices»

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

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.

More importantly, they specialize in commodities that are not easily tradable (like hogs or copper), and therefore their share prices tend to match rare earth prices very closely because investors use them as a tool.

In Jan 2013, I wrote a Note stating that the most important factor to watch in this space is rare earth prices.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

(Kitco News)- The story of Rare Earth Elements (REE) is at the center of a sad and dirty chapter of the metals industry as it continues to see weak prices despite strong demand.

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.

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.

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».

China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices of the materials used by makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.

China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended output in an effort to shore up slumping prices of the materials used by makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.

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.

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Rare earths hopeful Arafura Resources has received a speeding ticket from the ASX after a 25 per cent surge in its share price.

When Lynas started down the path of building the largest rare - earths processing plant outside of China several years ago, the price of rare earths was at heady levels.

However, after squeezing the rare - earths supply chain, the Chinese appear to have turned on the supply taps and the price of rare earths has plummeted.

Rare - earth prices are set to extend their decline from records this year as buyers including Toyota and General Electric scale back using the materials in their cars and windmills.

Then, China «s exports declined by 70 %, spiking prices up to 40 %, causing alarm among the economies and industries that rely on rare - earth metals and a so - called «rare - earth metals crisis».

For instance, remember all those stories last year about the looming scarcity and skyrocketing prices of rare earth metals?

But between the price hikes and the threats of rare earths shortages, mining operations in the United States and other countries could soon be on the rise.

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.

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

One year ago, when China announced it would limit exports, the commodity price of all the rare earths almost instantly shot up.

The price of lanthanum has increased sevenfold, to $ 60 a pound, over the past year, and in 2010 China briefly suspended rare - earth shipments to Japan in a diplomatic dispute.

In April, China took steps to keep prices high by extending a national ban on rare - earth exploration and the opening of new mines.

In recent years, China has set limits on its exports of rare - earth elements, driving up global prices and forcing other countries to invest in exploiting their own resources so that they can supply their high - tech industries.

Whole Earth Farms dogs food are indeed rare gems, as they come with ingredients list streamlined to exclude corn, wheat, soy, artificial colors and artificial preservatives, with competitive prices.

Hybrid cars and wind turbines need rare - earth minerals that come with their own hefty environmental price tag.

U.S. officials will walk a fine line between demanding foreign access to rare earths amidst China's demand, all the while remembering that the cheap Chinese price of these metals still comes with a heavy environmental cost.

I wanted to buy some rare earth oxides and noticed the unit price is 6 or more times more expensive in the USA than if bought from China, even with international shipping included.