Minor Metals

Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Who Knew the Minors Would Be So Major?

by Taras Berezowsky on December 28, 2011

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Source: watoday.com.au Arguably, tantalum should have been included in our Best Of Conflict Minerals post, as it is one of the officially classified conflict minerals; and tin is a key non-ferrous metal that is not all that minor, especially as it also fits into the conflict minerals rubric. Nonetheless, we figured this tripartite of most-read [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Rare Earth Metals and Minerals

by Taras Berezowsky on December 27, 2011

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Source: rareearthgame.com Can’t get your hands on the rare earth metal you need? No worries! Blow off some steam by playing the game above! Seriously though, much has been made of the definitions of rare earth “metals” vs. “minerals,” to say nothing of the more substantive issues surrounding global supply and production of them. Molycorp [...]

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Best Of MetalMiner 2011 – Conflict (Minerals) Resolution

by Taras Berezowsky on December 21, 2011

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Source: blog.laptopmag.com If you’re still picking up electronic gifts this week — whether it’s a Samsung laptop or a Nintendo Wii — take a moment to consider their contents: “conflict” minerals. Covered by the mainstream this week on NPR.org, the conflict minerals story as it relates to the Dodd-Frank law and traceability has been a [...]

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China, Mexico and the US: A Dangerous Triangle of Lead Recycling – Part Two

by Stuart Burns on December 13, 2011

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Continued from Part One. It can’t be said Mexico as a whole greatly benefits from this lead recycling trade. The environmental impact is profound if unquantifiable. Widespread reports cite soil samples in childrens’ play areas; food handling areas such as markets and homes adjacent to plants far exceed even Mexican standards, nevermind the limits set [...]

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Rio Tinto, Others Striking Gold, Copper and Nickel in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – Part One

by Taras Berezowsky on December 1, 2011

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Commodity demand, namely for industrial metals such as copper and nickel, and their corresponding prices, has finally pushed Rio Tinto, HudBay Minerals and other companies to begin resurrecting long-slumbering mines, mine sites and mills in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Once the center of North America’s copper operations in the 19th century, the ËœUP,’ as it’s known, [...]

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Does the OECD Conflict Minerals Framework Fall Short?

by Lisa Reisman on November 29, 2011

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In the first of three reports scheduled for release by the OECD over the course of next year, upstream and downstream companies impacted by the Dodd-Frank banking reform (and subsequent Conflict Minerals aspects of the legislation) have the opportunity to see the results of the OECD pilot study. This first release includes two separate reports [...]

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Australian Government’s About Face on Uranium Exports to India

by Lisa Reisman on November 29, 2011

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TC Malhotra contributes to MetalMiner from New Delhi. In a major policy change, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard declared on Nov. 15 that her ruling Labour Party would reverse its ban on selling uranium to India. Australia-based environmental news agency ECO News reported that the Australia India Business Council (AIBC) has welcomed Australian Prime Minister [...]

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What Moly Oxide and Ferrochrome Prices Tell Us About the Current Stainless Steel Outlook

by Taras Berezowsky on November 17, 2011

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If Italy’s role in the European debt crisis is to have any tangible effect on the metals markets, it has already appeared on the European stainless steel front. SMR, the Austria-based steel analysis firm, is forecasting that stainless steel demand could fall by as much as 10 percent in Italy in 2012, according to Reuters. [...]

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