Industrial Minerals


IM Global Rare Earths Roundup: 02 – 08 June

08 June 2012

by Laura Syrett

A brief look at the rest of the week’s stories in the news

Keywords: rare earths, Roth Capital Partners, Arafura, Lynas, Great Western Minerals, GFS Chemicals

UK investment banking firm Roth Capital Partners LLC outlined that it expected rare earth prices to remain high, in a presentation at its Emerging Global Mining Corporate Access Day in London.

 

 The reduction in Chinese exports will sustain an overall supply-demand imbalance in the rare earths industry in the years ahead.

 

The comments made in the presentation illustrated that this imbalance is set to bolster pricing for REOs and create more opportunities for new entrants to the rare earths market.

 

Australia’s Arafura Resources has received...