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The upshot: farm fields will go wanting, yields will come under pressure and the big potash producers will have to sit back and balance what it can ask for in the market and what end-users are willing to pay.
Potash Sector Walking on Egg Shells as 2012 Approaches
Fertilizer demand throughout the first eight months of 2011 looked good, but the market has, if anything, turned somewhat gloomy and bearish since November. The coming year in the potash space looks set to be volatile, somewhat uncertain and, really, kind of a precursor to the rest of the decade...
As a matter of debate, the day this story came out: most of the stocks highlighted on www.RareMetalStock.com were green.
The ability for anyone to predict anything in the REE sector with the upcoming and anticipated announcements from the Chinese the first week of July is a sport play that is anyone's call to make.
I do applaud anyone willing to place their bets.
Rare-Earth Firms Prove a Common Focus for Shorts
June 24, 2011 (Source: WSJ) -- The rare-earth minerals sector is drawing near-record short interest as bearish investors bet against its previously highflying stocks. The industry, whose minerals are used to help power items as varied as vacuum cleaners and smartphones, had been a darling of the...
Now we can see if underneath that froth is a good stout ale, or just a namby pamby watered down lite beer instead.
If we had to guess, right now we’d say it looks like ale, but, as always, we shall let our trading stops be the judge. We take a flyer in the silver ETF market this morning in the premarket, albeit with a razor-thin work-or-else stop.
We are planning a Got Gold Report update for this weekend, to be delivered to Vultures (Got Gold Report Subscribers) by late Sunday afternoon, early Monday at the latest.
That is all for now, but there is more to come.
RMBApps the first post. Mining shares were tossed overboard by Big Money and small money
Back to the introduction: Why is the new Glencore IPO important? Well, on top of the CME being on the warpath on silver; on top of the Goldman “get-out-of-commods” call before May, there was also a giant new IPO sucking between 50 and 60 billion dollars out of the commodity space so its major ...
The bears will use the bounce as an excuse to sell silver harder. The bulls will be emboldened to jump back in or add to positions.
The bull/bear battle continues. Meanwhile, the COMEX open interest for silver has gone nowhere, still hovering near 130,000 contracts. Silver on the Cash Market is trading well under the near-active July contract and the bedlam of the past several trading days has caused a massive shift in trader confidence.
Bulls have become meek from bold, bears the opposite.
It all seems a bit far and a bit too fast, doesn’t it?
May has indeed arrived on schedule and it brought with it a vicious selloff in all commodities, blowing off the froth. What it really hasn’t done is change any of the underlying fundamentals that sent gold and silver skyward to begin with. What it hasn’t done is create a huge new pile of available silver metal to answer the huge and growing demand for it.
RMBApps the first post. Mining shares were tossed overboard by Big Money and small money
Back to the introduction: Why is the new Glencore IPO important? Well, on top of the CME being on the warpath on silver; on top of the Goldman “get-out-of-commods” call before May, there was also a giant new IPO sucking between 50 and 60 billion dollars out of the commodity space so its major ...
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The first post. At Marketwire, we know communication.
The media landscape continues to shift at a frenetic pace. Messages, conversations and digital content travel the globe at breakneck speed, and today's real-time communications, enabled by social and mobile networks, require us to participate and respond with greater speed and agility than ever...
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ongoing revisions of the specialty metals clause; the 2010 Government Accountability Office review of rare earths in defense applications; the 2011 assessment of rare earth supply and demand in defense applications; the Department of Energy Critical Materials Strategy; the Office of Science and Technology Policy interagency working group on critical materials; and a variety of other efforts. He is cited frequently in the press regarding strategic and critical material issues.
The second post - Six Apart has been at the heart of the blogging and social media revolution since 2001
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Limited (“Lancaster”); their initial issue was oversubscribed, raising 7.8millionCDN after initial trading in January 2011 -- they have 37.4million shares outstanding at a market cap of 28millionCDN (@0.75CDN per).
With 8 prospects clearly defined, Mkango's main target is the Carbonatite Vent at Songwe Hill. Songwe Hill, a road-accessible site 70km from Malawi’s main commercial centre of Blantyre, has shown exposed Carbonatite at surface of the 230m elevated Hill.
Mkango holds a 100% interest (zero Joint Venture commitment) in claim applications and claim reservations on its territory, where grades from recent sampling of Carbonatites have shown as high as 5.3% TREO.
Mkango has a strong and experienced Board, led by CEO William Dawes, former VP at JP Morgan, where he specialized in metals & mining, and Alexander Lemon, previously Managing Director of Gold & Mineral Excavation Inc. Both Mr. Dawes and Mr. Lemon were founding Directors of Mkango’s primary shareholder, Leo Mining and Exploration. Mkango is also working with Dr. Alan Woolley of the British Museum of Natural History, a world renowned Carbonatite specialist who first worked in Malawi during the 1960s under the original pioneers who first discovered Carbonatites with rare earths in Malawi.
Malawi has a proven track record in terms of mine development, with Paladin Energy’s uranium mine, Kayelekera, recently going into production, a stable operating environment with a highly supportive Government for exploration and mine development.
Post 4. Smaller Resource Companies Unable to Answer New PM Highs
HOUSTON – Despite new all time highs for gold and new 31-year highs for silver, the smaller, less liquid and more speculative miners and explorers that reside in the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange Index (CDNX) seem reluctant to answer those new higher prices for precious metals. Below is one o...
Dacha Capital is a relative newcomer to the rare earths sector. Instead of owning rare earth deposits or the shares of junior mining and exploration companies, the company’s focus is on the purchasing of physical inventories of rare earths and other materials as an investment strategy. As such, the company has been subject to a lot of scrutiny, as investors and others in the sector try to develop a sense of what Dacha is about, and its role in the industry.
Given the unusual nature of Dacha’s investment philosophy, I took the opportunity recently to ask Patrick Wong, Dacha's chief investment officer, some questions on Dacha’s business model, and the company's approach to the market. We covered a range of topics, including:
•Dacha's current business model;
•Similarities and differences between Dacha and recently announced ETF funds;
•Dacha's approach to acquiring physical inventory, how such inventory is acquired and how it is stored;
•The challenge of purchasing hard assets in a non-transparent market;
•The effects of the recent announcements from China relating to export restrictions and pricing, on Dacha's business model, and the viability of non-Chinese junior mining and exploration companies
Post 4. Smaller Resource Companies Unable to Answer New PM Highs
HOUSTON – Despite new all time highs for gold and new 31-year highs for silver, the smaller, less liquid and more speculative miners and explorers that reside in the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange Index (CDNX) seem reluctant to answer those new higher prices for precious metals. Below is one o...
Ellis Martin Interviews George Bauk of Northern Minerals
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Posted Apr 14, 2011 at RMBAudio
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Rare Earth Metals Inc. Information To Be Available Through Standard & Poor’s Market Access Program
Posted Jan 14, 2011 at RareMetalBlog
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Ellis and Gene -- this is a FANTASTIC INTERVIEW and you 2 are the best in our business! Can you tell me whose idea it was to get you 2 together? Love it! Tracy
Ellis Martin Interviews Gene Arensberg of GotGoldReport.com
Rare earth plays picking up steam
December 14, 2010 (Source: Globe & Mail) -- If there is any time for a rare earth miner to raise money, it’s now. Typical resources are extremely hot at the moment, making some investors think they are overvalued. Instead of playing that market, they look downstream to the lesser-known set of minerals.
At the moment, China produces about 95 per cent of the 130,000 tonnes of rare earth metals consumed every year. But Canadian companies are trying to change that, developing more projects as China cuts back on its exports. And, China has been finicky with Japan, cutting off rare earth exports to its neighbour after Japan detained a Chinese fishing boat captain this fall. Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2010 at RareMetalBlog
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Rare Earth Round Table Discussion - Lynas, Alkane & Arafura
Posted Nov 29, 2010 at RMBAudio
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If you email me directly at info@raremetalblog.com, we would be happy to provide you with some educational materials to assist you in a starting point for learning...
Pinetree Capital Ltd. Acquires Securities of African Metals Corp.
August 21, 2010 -- (Source: Marketwire) -- Pinetree Capital Ltd. /quotes/comstock/11t!e:pnp (CA:PNP 1.44, +0.14, +10.77%) , announces that on August 27, 2010, it acquired ownership of 2,000,000 common shares ("Common Shares") and 1,000,000 common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") of Afric...
A nuclear-powered market rocket
November 25, 2010 (Source: Globe and Mail) -- Cameco Corp. (CCJ-N36.89-0.27-0.73%) shares have moved sharply higher since our last review in September, thanks to a surge in world uranium prices. After hovering in the low $40s-US-per-pound range for the first half of the year, the price began to move up in August, reaching $48 a pound in September. Since then, it has spiked dramatically, trading near $60 a pound.
TD Securities says the price jump is due to new demand from China and has raised its 2011 forecast to $62.50 a pound with a $75 target in 2012. If that seems steep, consider that uranium sold for $140 a pound in 2008, according to published reports. Continue reading
Posted Nov 26, 2010 at U3O8_1
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Talks with Japan on nuclear plant to start next week
November 24, 2010 (Source: Todays Zaman) -- Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız has stated that the ministry will discuss the planned construction of a nuclear plant in Sinop with Japanese officials next week.
Yıldız received Secretary General of the World Energy Council Christoph Frei and President of the World Energy Council Turkish National Committee Süreyya Yücel at his office on Tuesday. He noted that while the ministry will start talks regarding the construction of the nuclear energy plant in Sinop next week, they will also evaluate partnership offers from other countries. Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2010 at U3O8_1
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China nuclear body recommends 2020 target of 70 GW
November 24, 2010 (Source: Reuters) -- The China Nuclear Energy Association has recommended the government adopt a 2020 target of 70 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity, but companies in the sector are pushing for more, association Vice-Chairman Zhao Chenkun told Reuters on Wednesday.
China is expected to unveil a development plan for its alternative energy sector in coming months, updating 2020 targets for nuclear energy, and renewables such as hydropower and wind. Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2010 at U3O8_1
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Ontario to Spend $85 Billion to Boost Use of Nuclear, Wind, Solar Energy
November 23, 2010 (Source: Bloomberg) -- The government of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, announced plans to spend billions of dollars more on nuclear reactors, wind and solar projects and to eliminate coal plants by 2014.
Ontario, which generates more than a third of Canada’s output, is to use C$87 billion ($85 billion) to build at least two nuclear plants and refurbish 10 others over the next 20 years, as well as pay for new wind, solar and biomass projects, the province said today. Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2010 at U3O8_1
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Uranium for India
November 24, 2010 (Source: Indrus) -- News about negotiations between Russian state corporation Rosatom and the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) were reported last Friday by Interfax news agency, citing Rosatom Director General Sergey Kirienko. The offer has been made, so now the ball is in India’s court, said Kirienko, although he did not specify the terms of the deal. He only added that Russia will retain controlling interest in the project.
The Elkon group of uranium deposits, located in Yakutia, a republic in Eastern Siberia, is the second largest source of uranium in the world, second only to Olympic Dam in Australia (operated by BHP Billiton, it contains 34% of proven uranium reserves worldwide. This past summer, the Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) estimated one of the Elkon deposits to contain 229,800 tonnes of uranium. Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2010 at U3O8_1
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China's Rare Earth Exports Dropped 77% in October After Export Quota Cut
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at RareMetalTV
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Introduction to Rare Earth Elements and Stans Energy Corporation
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Posted Nov 19, 2010 at RareMetalTV
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