14-03-2012 08:36
President Barack Obama Tuesday hit out at for limiting exports of rare earth elements used in high-tech goods, as the United States, European Union and Japan jointly accused of breaking trade rules.
22-12-2011 06:41
A steep decline in of used in many hi-tech gadgets has forced a global search for new crucial supplies and hopes are high for major finds in , analysts say.
14-12-2011 09:19
announced on Tuesday plans for a with a Canadian junior mining company to speed up the development of a mine in Quebec to supply and .
11-10-2011 15:00
has said it will roll out a tax on and nationwide from next month as Beijing looks to save energy and cut emissions, while doubling the maximum levy on .
24-08-2011 16:00
China said Wednesday it would appeal against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that it illegally restricted exports of rare earths key in making anything from iPods and low-emissions cars.
21-06-2011 10:30
Prices of rare earths have skyrocketed this year as China moves to consolidate the sector in order to tighten its grip over the highly coveted minerals used in high-tech products, analysts said on Monday.
20-05-2011 15:22
China has further tightened its grip on the rare earths market, raising taxes on the minerals vital to high-tech industry and banning new projects to produce the metals via separation.
28-03-2011 10:28
Japan’s I.F Sangyo Company Limited is penetrating Vietnam’s mining sector to serve demand from Japan-based companies.
01-03-2011 14:22
China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable to many high-tech products.
21-02-2011 18:57
A big Japanese investor will prospect for rare earths in Vietnam’s northwestern Lai Chau province.
07-01-2011 13:00
Resource-poor Japan plans to use deep-sea mining robots to exploit rare earths and precious metals on the ocean floors around the island nation within a decade, a media report said Friday.
30-12-2010 17:56
China is considering new export quotas on rare earth alloys, a report said Thursday - a move that would further restrict shipments of the minerals used in a variety of high-tech industries.
09-12-2010 18:00
Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho will build a plant for processing rare earth minerals in India, the company said, as Japan scrambles to diversify supply sources beyond dominant producer China.
21-11-2010 14:33
Japan on Friday agreed with Mongolia to push for joint exploitation of rare earth minerals in the central Asian country amid concerns about a Chinese export freeze of the key minerals, officials said.