China Consolidates South Rare Earth Group
Core Consultants released its August 2016 Monthly Rare Earth Report. The main topics discussed in this feature include: China consolidates South Rare Earth Group Development of cerium/aluminium alloy China reducing windpower waste China had a target to establish six rare earth entities by the end of 1H16. At the end of June, the expert panel […]
Rare Earth Stockpiling by SRB Ends In Stalemate
The main topics in this feature include: Potential for new round of stockpiling SuperLig®-One plant successful India to develop rare earth to further defence industry The last round of stockpiling ended in a stalemate. The SRB were unable to procure material at their target price owing to artificially inflated offer prices. The expectations are that […]
China Reforms Its Resource Taxes-Rare Earth Summary-
Core Consultants has now released its June Rare Earth Monthly Report. The main topics in this feature looks at China’s new resource tax structure, new investments into rare earth smelting and changes to incentive schemes in the electric vehicle market. Market Summary From 1 July, China will expand its reform of resource taxes across the […]
Rare Earth Stockpiling Or Another False Start?
Core Consultants published its May edition of the Monthly Rare Earth Report. The main topics in this feature include: MIIT new production standards Commercial stockpiling due to commence Investment from other countries continues China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) intends to set new standards for domestic rare earth producers. At present this is still […]
Summary of Lara Smith’s 2014 Mining Indaba Presentation: An Outlook for Dysprosium, Tantalum, Tungsten
The Core Consultants Mining Indaba presentation always considers three commodities which are pertinent to Africa and discusses the market outlook for each of them. This year we will focus on the markets for dysprosium, tantalum and tungsten. With respect to tantalum, we note the tendency of the market to be characterised by periods of vast […]