Rare earths latest news

• September 2019

  China Minmetals wins auction for entire Fanya antimony stock for $76mln

  03 September 2019

  The lingering concerns in the antimony market, arising from stocks of material being held by the defunct Fanya exchange, have been resolved with the sale by auction of the entire inventory.

• August 2019

  China rare earths industry backs retaliation against US tariffs

  30 August 2019

  China’s rare-earths industry association has come out in favor of retaliatory action against the latest threatened tariff to be imposed by the United States, describing the US tactic as “hegemony” and “bullying.”

• Thyssenkrupp signs another rare earth offtake deal

  14 August 2019

  The German steel producer and material trader will buy all of Northern Minerals' mixed rare earth carbonate output.

• Indian authorities ban mineral sand mining by private companies

  09 August 2019

  The Indian department of atomic energy is the latest government body to take aim at mineral sand mining.

• Yuan's descent through crucial $7 barrier bearish for minerals, metals

  05 August 2019

  The yuan has been allowed by Beijing to fall to an 11-year low against the dollar, promising a further acceleration in the US-China trade war - a move that is bearish for several metals and minerals markets.

• Fresh US tariff proposal threatens to disrupt commodity trade [REFILED]

  02 August 2019

  US President Donald Trump said additional tariffs against China will come into force at the start of September.