source：MINING.comThe MV Happy Dragon had just sailed into safe harbour at Charleston, S.C., when Hurricane Dorian forced the vessel back out to sea to await better weather.The cargo ship was carrying more than 14,000 tonnes of anorthosite from Vancouver-based Hudson Resources’ (TSXV: HUD; US-OTC: HUDRF) White Mountain mine in Greenland for customers in the paints, coatings and fibreglass markets. Hudson has an agreement with Terra Firma, a privately held chemical distributor, to market its anorthosite in the U.S., and a 10-year offtake agreement with an unnamed fiberglass producer.Could White ...
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source：MINING.comToronto-based Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL) signed a binding Letter of Intent with Coal Strategy Advisors (CSA) to earn up to a 50% interest in the Will Scarlett rare earths recovery project, located near Marion, Illinois. Will Scarlett is a closed coal mine site where, according to Avalon, recent geochemical sampling has found elevated levels of rare earth elements and other metallic elements such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, manganese and zinc in mine waste materials.In a press release, the Canadian miner said that the rare earths are found at Will Scarlett in the...
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source：EurekAlert (press release)Seventy-five of the periodic table's 118 elements are carried in the pockets and purses of more than 100 million U.S. iPhone users every day. Some of these elements are abundant, like silicon in computer chips or aluminum for cases, but certain metals that are required for crisp displays and clear sounds are difficult to obtain. Seventeen elements known as rare earth metals are crucial components of many technologies but are not found in concentrated deposits, and, because they are more dispersed, require toxic and environmentally-damaging procedures to ext...
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source：MalaysiakiniThe government has yet to approve an application from Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd to raise the lanthanide concentrate processing limit for 2019.In its quarterly report dated Sept 30, Lynas said its Gebeng rare earth plant in Kuantan was operating at reduced rates.'We continue to work with the Malaysian regulator to gain approval for the production uplift based on the new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) related to these matters which we completed earlier in the year,' said Lynas.Lynas said its production during the second half year of 2019 is being managed at reduced...
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