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- The consumer appetite for rare earths and light metals
- The growing demand for rare earths and the implications of a potential shortage of heavy rare earths
- Can the west supply the shortfall of rare earths created by falling Chinese export quotas?
Dudley Kingsnorth, Executive Director, Industrial Minerals Company of Australia
“Tomio Harada, the Australian general manager of the government-backed Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp, Jogmec, said the group was focused on finding new opportunities in Australia in rare earths and the uranium sector. … Japan has a long relationship with Australian companies and we want to extend our relationship here”
The Australian 2 November, 2009
Shuichi Miyatake, Director, Exploration Technology Division, Metals Exploration Department, JOGMEC
- Rare Earth Production: Growing rare earth supply issues
- Rare Earth Minerals: The indispensable resource for clean energy technologies
- Re-establishing strategic rare earth supplies in North America
Mark Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Molycorp Minerals
- The geology
- The chemistry
- Demonstration
- The future
Steven Mackowski, GM Project Development, Arafura Resources
John Croall, General Manager - Western Australia, Lynas Resources
“Toyota and Mitsubishi are worried enough about future supplies to have struck agreements with Canadian firms to seek out new rare-earth deposits. America’s House of Representatives has requested a report on the role of rare earths in the country’s military supply chain”
The Economist 10 October, 2009
- The resource is the largest recognised internationally recognised measured occurrence in the world
- Greenland on path to self determination
- Pre-feasibility completed indicating viable large scale operation
- Drilled >40,000m of diamond core since the start
Roderick McIlree, Managing Director, Greenland Minerals and Energy
- China, a major driver of renewable energy
- Lithium Spodumene Project in Ravensthorpe Western Australia
- Establishing downstream lithium processing facilities in China
- Energy storage, the key to renewable energy future
Iggy Tan, Managing Director, Galaxy Resources
- Reed acquired the option over the Mt Marion Lithium Project in August 2009. The project has historical resources of approx. 4-5Mt at 1.5-2.0% Li2O
- In October 2009 Reed entered into a farm-in agreement with Mineral Resources whereby Mineral Resources have agreed to fund all feasibility and development costs in order to earn 40% of net profit
- The JV partners expect first production to occur in Q3 of 2010 at a rate of 200,000tpa of spodumene concentrate
David Reed, Executive Chairman, Reed Resources
- Attracting investment and capital raising
- Debt financing
- The Olaroz Lithium Project, Argentina
- Salar de Cauchari, South America
Richard Seville, Managing Director, Orocobre
- Machinga mineralisation appears to have a higher heavy rare earth ratio at 25-28 per cent than all of the major operating mines and deposits worldwide
- Machinga includes high-value rare earths, such as dysprosium and very high niobium and tantalum grades
- Outlook for rare earths
Julian Stephens, Executive Director, Globe Metals & Mining
World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play a vital role in cutting edge technology, from hybrid cars and catalytic converters, to superconductors, and precision-guided weapons.
The Telegraph (UK) 24 August, 2009
- Major world resource of zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, yttrium and rare earth elements
- Spreading production costs across the four metal outputs – zirconium (hafnium), niobium (tantalum), light rare earths and yttrium-heavy rare earths
- Project located in region with very favourable infrastructure and legislative framework, both at a State and Federal level
Ian Chalmers, Managing Director, Alkane Resources
The Cummins Range project is located 130 kilometres southwest of Halls Creek in the East Kimberley, Western Australia and is prospective for carbonatite-hosted rare earth metals, uranium, niobium, tantalum and phosphate. The deposit is similar in style to the Mt Weld deposit, WA.
David Hatch, Managing Director, Navigator Resources
“Demand for lithium, used in batteries, glass, airconditioning and chemicals, is forecast to triple over the next 10 years.”
The Australian 28 October, 2009
- Properties of the rare earths and the variability in occurrence of light and heavy rare earth elements
- Mineralogy and siting of rare earths and the processing implications in mineral processing and chemical processing
- Generic processing issues including the management of naturally occurring radioactivity and varied behaviour of rare earths in chemical processing circuits
Dr Karin Soldenhoff, Manager – Process Development Research and Doug Collier, Manager – Process Development Services, ANSTO
