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CHART: The resource boom ended in 2011 already

And why it's great for stocks.

Frik Els | January 17, 2013 | 10:49 pm

Painting a rosy picture of lithium and tantalum

Quebec junior’s Rose project to make the most of rapidly changing market for critical minerals

Frik Els | January 17, 2013 | 8:34 pm

Rare earth minerals discovered in Carribean soil

The Jamaican government has announced the discovery of an abundance of rare earth minerals in its soil by a team of Japanese scientists.

Marc Howe | January 17, 2013 | 10:51 am

Greenland rare earths: PM would welcome ‘thousands of Chinese workers’

Autonomous Danish territory is "too reliant" on fisheries and EU subsidies.

Frik Els | January 15, 2013 | 7:18 pm

While your shares were tanking, Molycorp was funding research to eliminate need for rare earths

Molycorp is down 22% after putting on hold production expansion. Yesterday the miner gave money for a new $120 million institute tasked with finding alternatives to the very stuff it is mining.

Frik Els | January 10, 2013 | 9:04 pm

Japan to scour the bottom of the Pacific for rare earth deposits

Scientists from Japan plan to search the floor of the Pacific Ocean for rare earth deposits in bid to reduce the nation's dependence on China for the key industrial materials

Marc Howe | January 10, 2013 | 10:59 am