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Electric car war sends lithium prices sky high

With lithium prices skyrocketing beyond wildest expectations, talk heating up about acquisitions and mergers in this space and a fast-brewing war among electric car rivals, it’s no wonder everyone’s bullish on this golden commodity that promises to become the ‘’new gasoline”.

Oilprice.com | February 25, 2016 | 10:19 am

Creditors of bankrupt rare earths miner Molycorp reach deal

Should help clear the way for the company to exit bankruptcy.

Reuters | February 23, 2016 | 11:55 am

China ‘needs to cut output of minerals’

Increased Chinese mineral production is just as much a cause for the slide in prices as the aggressive expansions by western mining companies.

BDlive | February 16, 2016 | 3:53 pm

The story of the great mining project that wasn’t so

Here’s how you can prevent this from happening to you

edumine | February 16, 2016 | 9:58 am

World’s rarest minerals: for some total supply less than sugar cube

Scientists have inventoried and categorized earth's 2,550 rarest mineral species, each sampled from five or fewer sites.

American Mineralogist | February 15, 2016 | 10:55 am

Argentina’s new government scraps mining taxes

President Mauricio Macri has revoked a 5% tax imposed by the previous administration on mining companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2016 | 10:05 am

Here is how you open a safe in less than 5 seconds thanks to a rare earth magnet

Using a rare earth magnet anyone can exploit the nickel piece in a safe and get it open without any damage.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 9, 2016 | 6:15 am

Tesla Powerwall begins to ship, what does this mean?

Tesla Energy’s Powerwall has to started to ship on a global scale with customers in Australia receiving the first of the company’s lithium-ion battery packs designed to power homes.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence | February 9, 2016 | 12:34 am

US scientists figure cost-effective way to extract rare earths from coal

The new mineral processing technique also makes the extraction environmentally friendly.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 4, 2016 | 3:27 am

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