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But exports forecasted to rise by at least 10% next year.

Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.

Opponents of the Australian rare earth miner's controversial Malaysian refinery are calling for a shutdown after an accident at the facility over the weekend killed an engineer.

The CEO of world number two miner Rio Tinto said the quality of Chinese mining equipment is catching up and in some instances surpassing that of the major US manufacturers.

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

Canadian mining companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to add employees to their payrolls and are reporting the weakest hiring intentions since Q3 2009.

Juniors usually raise cash to keep their operations going by issuing new shares.

Molycorp, Lynas and perhaps one other small player are sufficient to meet light REE demand, while there's room for one or maybe two heavy producers outside China, says outgoing CEO Constantine Karayannopoulos.