Rare earths latest news

• December 2017

  Baotou increases rare earth production in 2017

  14 December 2017

  Baotou's municipal government has released figures that show production of different kinds of rare earth products increased in 2017, and are set to increase further.

• Production starts up at non-Chinese rare earth site

  14 December 2017

  Rainbow's project in Burundi is in commercial operation, with 5,000 tpy targeted for next year.

• Leading Chinese rare earths producers sign cooperation deal

  14 December 2017

  Two of the biggest rare-earth companies in China, China Northern Rare Earth High-tech and Xiamen Tungsten, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

• China Northern decreases rare earth prices

  12 December 2017

  China Northern Rare Earth has decreased its rare earth prices for December, while China Southern Rare Earth Group has maintained prices.

• Price briefing December 1-8

  08 December 2017

  Global iodine market slows down; Zircon prices are set to increase in the first quarter with Tronox and TiZir announcing price rises and 2018 negotiations continuing; Quiet antimony trioxide market shrugs off higher Chinese metal offer prices; PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue magnesia grades; Minimal prices moves in lithium spot market while contract talks continue; Global lithium contract prices rise while contract periods shorten; BFA prices tick up on China’s supply squeeze; China Southern lowers prices of most rare earths

• Rainbow Rare Earths ships first production

  05 December 2017

  The Gakara rare earth mine - the sole producer of rare earth minerals in Africa - is now in operation.

• China Southern lowers prices of most rare earths

  01 December 2017

  China Southern lowered the prices of many of its rare earths at the end of November for the first time that month, other than for terbium oxide.

• November 2017

  Price briefing 17-23 November

  24 November 2017

  Antimony trioxide prices move down on low demand; two of China’s largest producers have reduced their rare earths guidance prices; zircon availability is low; Industrial Minerals launches Chinese domestic grade of lithium hydroxide.

• China's Sichuan province sets 2016-2020 growth targets for rare earths, titanium

  24 November 2017

  The government of China’s Sichuan province has set a growth target of 8% per year for the 2016-2020 period for adding value to industrial commodities, with the local production value of steel, vanadium, titanium and rare earths set to reach 500 billion yuan.

• Two leading Chinese rare earth producers lower public guidance prices

  20 November 2017

  China Northern Rare Earth High-Tech Group and China Southern Rare Earth Group lower some prices by more than 25% from previous guidance.

• Leading Chinese rare earth producers sign cooperation deal

  14 November 2017

• Pricing Notice: IM suspends rare earths pricing

  01 November 2017

  Industrial Minerals has suspended its rare earths prices.