The Rare Earths Monthly Metals Index (MMI) held flat this month, checking at an MMI value of 22. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook U.S. Looks to Australia for Rare Earths China’s dominance of the global rare earths market is well-documented, a fact the U.S. defense sector has grappled […]
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Trump Reacts Angrily to Rebuttal of Offer to Buy Greenland
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could buy Greenland from Denmark was met with incredulity in Nuuk, Copenhagen and across Europe. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook “Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland. I strongly hope this is not meant […]
Trump Directs Dept. of Defense to Search for Alternative Sources of Rare Earth Magnets
Rare earths are coveted around the world for their application in a wide variety of high-tech uses, from consumer electronics to military applications. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook However, a rare earths market dominated for years by China has presented a challenge to the U.S. Toward that […]
Rare Earths MMI: China’s Rare Earths Dominance Takes Center Stage
The Rare Earths Monthly Metals Index (MMI) picked up three points, rising to a June MMI value of 22. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook China’s Rare Earths In light of last month’s developments in the long-running U.S.-China trade talks, MetalMiner’s Stuart Burns delved into what could be a […]
Will China’s Next Trade War Tactic be to Leverage Rare Earths Dominance?
Cast your mind back nearly 10 years — for those of you in the metal business at that time, the market was briefly all about rare earths. For the first time in decades, all anyone could talk about was the West’s vulnerability to the supply of this misnamed group of highly important strategic metals and […]
This Morning in Metals: British Steel Teeters on Precipice of Administration
This morning in metals news, Britain’s No. 2 steelmaker is at risk of collapsing, U.S. aluminum maker Century Aluminum responded to the Trump administration’s decision to remove the Section 232 tariffs for Canada and Mexico, and rare earths could prove to be a weapon in China’s arsenal as trade tensions with the U.S. continue. Need […]
Rare Earths MMI: Lynas Considers Australia Processing Plant Amid Regulatory Pressure in Malaysia
The Rare Earths Monthly Metals Index (MMI) picked up one point, rising to a value of 19. Need buying strategies for steel in 2019? MetalMiner’s Annual Outlook has what you need Lynas Considers Initial Ore Processing at Home Amid Pressure in Malaysia Australian rare-earths miner Lynas Corp., as we’ve noted in previous Rare Earths MMI reports, […]
Indian Exporters of Rare Earths Protest Government’s Export Prohibition
Rare earth exporters in India have lodged protests after the government snatched their rights to send these precious elements abroad. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook Rare-earth metals are a group of 17 elements, which are found in geological deposits. Some of the most abundant metals in the world […]
Rare Earths MMI: Toyota, Other Firms Team Up With Scientists to Develop Undersea Rare Earths Extraction Technology
The Rare Earths Monthly Metals Index (MMI) stood pat this month, holding for a reading of 19. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s Outlook The Search for Rare Earths As we noted in an MMI post earlier this year, the discovery of a large deposit of undersea rare earths approximately […]
This Morning in Metals: Saudi Arabia Seeks $100/Barrel Oil Price, Chinese Iron Ore Rebounds from 10-Month Low
This morning in metal news, Chinese iron ore futures rebound from a 10-month low, Saudi Arabia emerges as OPEC’s leading supporter for further reducing oil supply, and researchers discover a major supply of rare earth minerals in the seabed near a remote Japanese island. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free months of MetalMiner’s […]
