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Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

2012-02-29 12:06:24 (читать в оригинале)

Speaking at the International Manganese Institute conference in 2010 Robert Ward, EIU Global Forecasting Team Director unveiled a new term, CIVETS. Yes, civets, the coffee bean-munching cats that sparked off the SARS epidemic. Away from this unfortunate connotation, CIVETS — Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa — are a new breed in the [...]

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Almonty – The tungsten outsiders are back!

2012-02-29 12:05:34 (читать в оригинале)

By CEO and former bond trader Lewis Black’s own admission Almonty Industries ruffled a few feathers with their entry into the tungsten market six years ago. Almonty acquired the former Berault tungsten mining and processing operations at Panasqueira, Portugal before selling it on in 2008 to Japanese metals conglomerate Sojitz for a price roughly 20 [...]

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Lynas defends safety of its rare earth facilities in Gebeng, Malaysia

2012-02-29 12:03:55 (читать в оригинале)

Australian mining company Lynas Corp in response to questions from Metal Pages refuted many of the allegations that its rare earth processing facility in Gebeng Malaysia is unsafe and poorly designed. The company, which has just been awarded a temporary two year licence to operate the controversial plant said it has followed best practices and [...]

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Lynas Corp gets rare earth operating licence, but tensions will simmer on

2012-02-29 12:03:01 (читать в оригинале)

No doubt the champagne corks were popping at Lynas Corp on news that it had finally won its hard fought for temporary licence to operate its controversial advanced material plant in Malaysia to refine rare earths. But the battle appears far from being over. Even so there was probably a sigh of relief from rare [...]

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WTO ruling and the risk of ‘deja vu’ for rare earths

2012-02-29 12:01:12 (читать в оригинале)

China has been successfully challenged at the World Trade Organisation for restricting exports of raw materials such as bauxite, coke, magnesium, manganese and zinc, which creates differentiated prices in favour of domestic Chinese firms, when compared with foreign rivals. There is a very clear parallel with rare earths where there are quotas and tariffs in [...]