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16 Mar 2010 Plutonium  ►  Japan possessed 27.8 mt of plutonium in 2009
8 Mar 2010   Senators push for thorium use in reactors
Senators Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Harry Reid (D-Nevada) this week introduced the Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 to accelerate the use of thorium-based nuclear fuel in existing and future... more 
9 Feb 2010   Thorium is the next geneneration nuclear fuel
In his most recent budget, President Obama called for increased support for nuclear energy, and why not? Nuclear power offers a golden combination: the ability to come online in large enough chunks... more 
7 Feb 2010   Will we run out of uranium?
There is strong evidence that a nuclear Renaissance is underway, and that the number of new reactors under construction, being planned, and under consideration is rapidly increasing. Brian Wang has... more 
30 Dec 2009   Western Troy Stakes Claims on Rare Earths Prospect in Strange Lake Area of Quebec, Grants Options
Western Troy Capital Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: WRY) is pleased to announce that it has made application for 44 claims in the Strange Lake area. Earlier this year, Western Troy staked 11 claims on... more 
28 Dec 2009   Rare metal reserve system to benefit leading enterprises
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology plans to set up a rare metal reserve system. Leading domestic tungsten and rare earth enterprises, such as Baotou Steel Rare Earth and Xiamen... more 
23 Dec 2009   MIIT: China to establish rare metal reserve system in 2010
Chen Yanhai, director general of the Department of Raw Material Industry under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said recently that in 2010, MIIT will cooperate with... more 
16 Dec 2009   China to levy lower tariff on imported coal and other resources
It is learned from Ministry of Finance that checked by Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, and got the approval of State Council, since January 1, 2010, China will further adjust... more 
14 Dec 2009   China's to ration 'green' minerals
China has 53% of the world's rare earth deposits, but it provides about 95% of the world's supply. And it looks set to ration the amount exported... more 
  Rare Earths strategic supplies more important than price
With China, which currently controls or produces virtually all global rare earths metals supplies ,needing these for its own industries and limiting supplies, Jack Lifton reckons the West needs to... more 
10 Dec 2009   Jiangxi Copper: to invest 3.66bln to exploit Mianning's rare earth in 6 years
Jiangxi Copper Corporation recently announced that in the upcoming six years, it will invest 3.66bln yuan to develop the rare earth in Maoniuping, Mianning, Sichuan, energetically deep processing... more 
7 Dec 2009   Jiangxi Copper to develop second-largest rare earth mine in China
Jiangxi Copper Corporation and Sichuan Mining Investment Group have recently signed agreement to jointly invest 1 billion yuan for developing China's second-largest rare earth deposit in Sichuan... more 
26 Nov 2009   Red Rock's Resource Star enters Machinga JV
* Globe Metals & Mining Making Staged Payments To Earn Equity Interest... more 
20 Nov 2009   Top Stories of the Day: China metals - Nov. 20
Top stories for China's metals market on November 19, as follows:... more 
  China becomes rare earth heavyweight
China is now the world's largest producer, exporter, and consumer of rare earth resources... more 
16 Nov 2009   Alkane Resources plugs into global demand for electronics
CHINA'S huge demand for rare earth products used in making electronics could be satisfied thanks to developments by WA-based Alkane Resources... more 
11 Nov 2009   Rare earth metals firm plans London listing
* Significance of Kvanefjeld mine just being understood... more 
9 Nov 2009   Overproduction of rare earth keeps prices low
China has more than 50 percent of global reserves of rare earth resources, but China has no pricing right and discourse power in international markets. China's rare-earth has been sold as cheap as... more 
3 Nov 2009   Forum encounters up to 2.2% U3O8 and rare earth elements at Ukaliq project, Nunavut
Forum Uranium Corp. (FDC: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that summer exploration activities have identified uranium values grading from 1544ppm U3O8 to 2.21% U3O8 on its Ukaliq Project (formerly... more 
2 Nov 2009   Japan comes knocking for rare earth, uranium stakes
THE Japanese are increasingly looking to secure further resources supplies in Australia, with a focus on rare earths, to stem the dominance China has on the market.... more