Industrial Minerals

Rare earth minerals

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Energy transition business growth comes with reputational risks for traders, PwC says

Monday, 17 January 2022

Trading companies are concerned about the potential risk to their reputation and image while they form their strategies to capitalize on the business opportunities offered by energy transition efforts, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Tianjin’s mass Covid-19 testing hammers commodity port ops, transport

Tuesday, 11 January 2022

The roll-out of mass Covid-19 testing in the major Chinese port city of Tianjin has created chaos for the area’s logistics, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday January 10.
China rare earth producer merger stresses country’s dominant position of critical material supply

Thursday, 06 January 2022

The latest merger of rare earth producers in China shows that balance of power in this critical material sector is nowhere near where western governments would like it to be.
ENERGY TRANSITION: China outlines path to carbon neutrality

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Guidance for China to achieve its carbon emissions peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 was jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Sunday October 24.

PRICING NOTICE: Conclusion of open consultation on industrial minerals methodology

Tuesday, 06 October 2020

Fastmarkets opened a consultation on September 1, 2020, inviting feedback on its industrial minerals methodology in line with our annual methodology review process.
PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of rare earth pricing

Friday, 31 July 2020

Fastmarkets has today discontinued its rare earth price assessments.
PRICING NOTICE: Holiday pricing schedule for 2020-2021

Monday, 03 February 2020

View the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule for 2020 and 2021.
PRICING NOTICE: Fastmarkets moves to annual methodology reviews across PRA divisions

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year.

Building sources of rare earths supply

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

With rare earth prices climbing on fresh demand from the new-energy sector and the potential for future Chinese supply constraints, governments outside China are supporting new sources of supply, William Clarke reports.
Rare earths revisited

Monday, 14 June 2021

Not for the first time, governments are focusing attention on supplies of rare earths as a vital resource for many areas of industry and technology. William Clarke reviews key international rare-earth supply chains and plans as the materials take center stage in a rush for new energy minerals
Trade wars, 'green' outlook rejuvenate rare earths

Monday, 12 October 2020

With government support for rare earths mining increasing, a growing number of miners – including mineral sands producers – now see value in a market that, for a long time, was effectively closed to non-Chinese producers due to its high costs and strict environmental regulations.
Assessing China's logistics challenges after the virus lockdown

Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Delays to exports of minerals from China are inevitable as a result of the nation’s battle to contain the spread of novel coronavirus. Davide Ghilotti and Carrie Shi made a mid-February assessment of the impacts.