The Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned 4-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, we caught up with ETR Managing Editor Richard Karn shortly after he delivered the keynote address to the 2011 Energy and Resource Symposium for an update on the specialty metals market down under.
Nearly a year has passed since Molycorp hit the stock markets with its IPO. And considering this stock’s popularity today, it’s astounding that this IPO had flown under the radar for most investors. Last July MCP shares debuted below the pre-IPO targeted price range, and traded on the low side of that range for weeks before it finally caught a bid. MCP didn’t quite have the fanfare as say LinkedIn or other IPOs over the last year.
Food prices have been rising. The price change has been significant enough to create difficulties in emerging markets. Some countries have had demonstrations and riots. There are several reasons for the increase in food prices:
Canadian financial commentator Michael Campbell does a Q&A with Dr. Michael Berry of Discovery Investing. In the column, Campbell and Berry discuss the U.S. debt crisis and the Greek situation, before focusing on strategic metals as an area of interest for investors. Berry points to a critical metals bill, introduced this week into the U.S. Senate, as an important signal for investors. The bill devotes $106 million to the development of cobalt, helium, lead, lithium, phosphate, potash, and rare earths.
Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANKFURT:F12) is pleased to announce the latest results of drilling on the Rose Tantalum-Lithium deposit. The table (found by clicking on the link to the press release below) shows the results for holes LR-11-156 to LR-11-171 (except for Hole LR-11-167), drilled to test the eastern extension of the zones. All the holes intercepted the mineralized zones with similar grades to earlier results. Some intersections returned particularly high tantalum grades, such as holes LR-11-160, LR-11-164, LR-11-166 and LR-11-169, which yielded 405, 483, 483 and 466 PPM TA2O5 respectively.
Shifting technology, energy and defense needs along with volatile global economic and political pressures are changing the supply-and-demand equation for rare earth and strategic metals, opening opportunities that didn't exist a few years ago. The Cambridge House Critical Materials Investment Symposium June 3 and 4 will bring together industry experts, representatives of financial institutions, investors, end-users/manufacturers and the media to talk about solutions going forward.
Heightened global demand for vanadium, especially from China, is prompting the global steel industry to aggressively seek out new supplies, especially in the U.S. where this 21st century metal is becoming increasingly indispensible. Even U.S. President Obama is championing this metal’s promise for green energy applications.
May 4, 2011 (Ian London, Editor www.RMBApps.com) -- Modern dentistry can be quite the marvel, especially with respect to observing rare metal material science at work. These metals enable the latest diagnostic technologies, as well as faster, smaller, and quieter tools. In a modern dental office, rare earths and rare metals are also found in LED lamps, flatscreen display units and film-less X-ray techniques. Material science is also contributing to significant advances in prosthetics, be they crowns, veneers or implants.
From Quebec, Canada to Sonora, Mexico, House Mountain Partners Founder Chris Berry constantly uncovers new opportunities in the Americas. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Chris outlines the geopolitical changes that are driving renewed interest in areas considered too risky or not profitable enough in the past.
Another busy week for the Australian REE sector. There have been no dramatic announcements in recent weeks, so the share market headlines have been focused elsewhere, but a great deal is happening and further news is expected soon on a range of fronts.