Industrial Minerals


IM Global Rare Earths Round Up: 14-21 October

21 October 2011

by Jack Elliott

Molycorp agrees contract with United Steelworkers; Tantalus begins jv talks

Keywords: Molycorp, United Steelworkers, Pele Mountain Resources, Tantalus Rare Earths, Northern Minerals, rare earths

Molycorp and the United Steelworkers (USW) have agreed a three-year labour contract at Molycorp's flagship rare earth manufacturing facility at Mountain Pass, California.

The agreement was achieved approximately six months early, which helps to ensure a smooth start up of phase 1 of Molycorp's modernisation and expansion at Mountain Pass, Molycorp said.

“The United Steelworkers take pride in partnering with Molycorp to provide the...