Rare earth prices surge as China tightens grip
June 21, 2011 | 10:30
Prices of rare earths have skyrocketed this year as China moves to consolidate the sector in order to tighten its grip over the highly coveted minerals used in high-tech products, analysts said on Monday.
China strengthens grip over rare earths market
May 20, 2011 | 15:22
China has further tightened its grip on the rare earths market, raising taxes on the minerals vital to high-tech industry and banning new projects to produce the metals via separation.
China caps pollution limits for rare earth miners
March 01, 2011 | 14:22
China has tightened its grip over the rare earths industry by setting tough emission limits on miners producing the lucrative metals, which are indispensable to many high-tech products.
Digging deep for rare earths
February 21, 2011 | 18:57
A big Japanese investor will prospect for rare earths in Vietnam’s northwestern Lai Chau province.
China mulls export quotas on rare earth alloys
December 30, 2010 | 17:56
China is considering new export quotas on rare earth alloys, a report said Thursday - a move that would further restrict shipments of the minerals used in a variety of high-tech industries.
Japan's Toyota Tsusho to procure rare earths in India
December 09, 2010 | 18:00
Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho will build a plant for processing rare earth minerals in India, the company said, as Japan scrambles to diversify supply sources beyond dominant producer China.
Experts say rare earths headed for 2011 supply crunch
November 17, 2010 | 16:22
Global demand for the increasingly important "rare earth" minerals that power a range of digital products could outstrip supply by next year as dominant producer China slashes exports, analysts warn.
China to speed up Japan rare earth exports: trade minister
November 13, 2010 | 20:18
China will speed up exports of rare earth minerals to Japan, the Japanese trade minister said Saturday, following complaints by Tokyo that shipments were being stalled amid a territorial row.
China mulls stricter environmental controls on rare earths
November 08, 2010 | 14:00
China is considering tightening environmental standards for rare earth miners, in a move that may increase the price of exports of the vital minerals, state media reported Sunday.
China considering rare earths strategic reserves: report
November 03, 2010 | 14:40
China is considering setting up strategic reserves of 10 minor metals including rare earths, state media said Wednesday, as Beijing moves to tighten control of its supply of the vital minerals.
China denies new rare earths export quota cuts
October 20, 2010 | 17:09
BEIJING, October 20, 2010 - China on Wednesday denied making any fresh cuts in rare earths export quotas, but insisted it reserved the right to restrict shipments, after reports that supply to US companies had been cut off.
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