TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canada’s Namibia Rare Earths on Wednesday said it has produced a concentrate grading 8.39% total rare-earth oxide (TREO), with 96.1% heavy rare-earth enrichment, from a sample of the high-grade mineralisation from its Lofdal project in north-western Namibia.
Jamaica and Japan on Monday started cooperation on rare earth extraction by breaking ground for a pilot plant amid concerns from local environmentalists.
The plant in St. Andrew, funded by Japanese company Nippon Light Metal with initial investment of 3 million US dollars, is expected to extract some 1,500 metric tonnes of rare earth oxides annually from Jamaican red mud.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/760274.shtml
Companies in Jiangxi province have acquired nearly 60% of the licenses granted for excavating rare earth mines in China, under the Chinese government’s plan to protect the industry and improve the competitiveness of miners, the 21st Century Business Herald reported.
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130106000126&cid=1102
Billions of dollars worth of rare earth elements—the largest deposit outside of China—cannot be mined in Greenland because the elements are bound up with restricted radioactive materials. Some lawmakers are calling for eased restrictions to allow exploitation of the valuable resource.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/greenland-unable-to-cash-in-on-rare-earth-elements-328739.html
Baosteel, China‘s largest rare earth producer, announced on Tuesday that it had continued suspending smelting and separation work for the third month in an bid to counter recent falls in rare earth prices.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-12/26/content_16058009.htm
South Korea’s dependence on rare earth imported from China reduced in 2012 as the country diversified its import nations amid the relatively high prices in Chinese commodities, customs office data showed Thursday.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/751371.shtml
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