Comments for Terra Magnetica http://www.terramagnetica.com commentary on permanent magnet materials, devices & systems :: emerging technologies, supply chain issues, industry news & trends. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by Gareth Hatch http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Gareth Hatch Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:41 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-232 Tony: Molycorp Minerals is also a privately-held company. There has been speculation for months that Molycorp will do an IPO in the near future - I have no details on that though, and again at this point, it is just speculation. What are the possibilities of investing in a privately-held company? That is not my area of expertise, but I would imagine that this might be done by becoming a client of an institutional broker who is running the financing for privately-held companies in a sector of interest. The challenge of course is that the window opens and closes so quickly with those types of offerings, and there are no doubt other complexities involved. There are numerous publicly-traded rare earth companies - check out www.raremetalblog.com for more details on some of those. Tony: Molycorp Minerals is also a privately-held company. There has been speculation for months that Molycorp will do an IPO in the near future – I have no details on that though, and again at this point, it is just speculation.

What are the possibilities of investing in a privately-held company? That is not my area of expertise, but I would imagine that this might be done by becoming a client of an institutional broker who is running the financing for privately-held companies in a sector of interest. The challenge of course is that the window opens and closes so quickly with those types of offerings, and there are no doubt other complexities involved.

There are numerous publicly-traded rare earth companies – check out http://www.raremetalblog.com for more details on some of those.

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by Tony http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Tony Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:05:41 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-231 I found phone # to rare earth holdings in blanky blank blank .If site is still down I gotta call. What about MOLYCORP. Do u have info on them. I found phone # to rare earth holdings in blanky blank blank .If site is still down I gotta call. What about MOLYCORP. Do u have info on them.

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by Tony http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Tony Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:00 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-230 What are the possibilities of investing in a privately owned company? Now that the word is out on RARE EARTH do u think they will go public? I WANT IN! What are the possibilities of investing in a privately owned company? Now that the word is out on RARE EARTH do u think they will go public? I WANT IN!

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by Gareth Hatch http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Gareth Hatch Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:47:11 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-229 John: thank you for the comments. ThorDBD: The company is privately-held and is NOT publicly-traded. I know they had some problems with their web site today - apparently the wide publicity on US Rare Earths Inc. across multiple channels today, led to so many visitors to their Web site at www.usrareearths.com that it crashed the servers. John: thank you for the comments.

ThorDBD: The company is privately-held and is NOT publicly-traded. I know they had some problems with their web site today – apparently the wide publicity on US Rare Earths Inc. across multiple channels today, led to so many visitors to their Web site at http://www.usrareearths.com that it crashed the servers.

]]> Comment on New Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Generator Concept For Wind Turbines Unveiled by Gareth Hatch http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/22/new-permanent-magnet-direct-drive-generator-concept-for-wind-turbines-unveiled/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Gareth Hatch Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:43:07 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=802#comment-228 I stand corrected - thank you for spotting the error. I stand corrected – thank you for spotting the error.

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by ThorDBD, Inc. http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-227 ThorDBD, Inc. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:42 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-227 Is it me or did everyone miss the fact that this is not a publicly traded company? I cruised the internet for like an hour trying to find it and can't find anything. Can anyone tell me what the stock symbol is? If it isn't publicly traded it should be. Thanks Is it me or did everyone miss the fact that this is not a publicly traded company? I cruised the internet for like an hour trying to find it and can’t find anything. Can anyone tell me what the stock symbol is? If it isn’t publicly traded it should be. Thanks

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by Us Rare Earths Inc http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Us Rare Earths Inc Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-226 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton by pappaknotts http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/23/us-rare-earths-inc-a-discussion-with-ed-cowle-and-jack-lifton/comment-page-1/#comment-225 pappaknotts Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:04:34 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=820#comment-225 This is a profound insight in the cornerstone of our energy transformation here in the good ol USA. I am thankful there are likeminded folks out there like you who understand what is really going on. Good work! Fossil Fuels are in their twilight years. Lets get the clean energy moevement rolling! www.operationfree.net John Knott pappaknotts@sbcglobal.net This is a profound insight in the cornerstone of our energy transformation here in the good ol USA. I am thankful there are likeminded folks out there like you who understand what is really going on. Good work! Fossil Fuels are in their twilight years. Lets get the clean energy moevement rolling! http://www.operationfree.net

John Knott
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]]> Comment on New Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Generator Concept For Wind Turbines Unveiled by Akkie http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/11/22/new-permanent-magnet-direct-drive-generator-concept-for-wind-turbines-unveiled/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Akkie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:35:40 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=802#comment-224 Great articles!!! However, don't criticize other articles while at the same time, linking to the wrong website yourself!!!! http://www.negentec.com/ Instead of http://www.ngentec.com/ Great articles!!!

However, don’t criticize other articles while at the same time, linking to the wrong website yourself!!!!

http://www.negentec.com/ Instead of http://www.ngentec.com/

]]> Comment on How do We Deal With The Pollution Associated With Chinese Rare Earth Production? by Lex http://www.terramagnetica.com/2009/12/05/how-do-we-deal-with-the-pollution-associated-with-chinese-rare-earth-production/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Lex Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:51:18 +0000 http://www.terramagnetica.com/?p=856#comment-223 There's only one way I can think of to deal with it - open Mountain Pass in CA / develop other REE sources in the USA and return to self sufficiency. Not easy, maybe impossible given the ecological factors. China doesn't usually take kindly to being told what to do, and they want their slice of the industrial big time. I don't see how the rest of the world can regulate their activities. Good to see growing internal pressure for environmental concern, but I'm cynical over whether protest will impede motion. It definitely seems as though the USA has been caught with its pants down in this scenario, doesn't it? I'm reading elsewhere that the USGS has been underfunded in recent times but even so, it seems surprising that the USA would allow control of strategic resources to slip away... here's a USGS article from 2002 I just discovered - they were quite aware of what was going on even back then - http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs087-02/ There’s only one way I can think of to deal with it – open Mountain Pass in CA / develop other REE sources in the USA and return to self sufficiency. Not easy, maybe impossible given the ecological factors.

China doesn’t usually take kindly to being told what to do, and they want their slice of the industrial big time. I don’t see how the rest of the world can regulate their activities. Good to see growing internal pressure for environmental concern, but I’m cynical over whether protest will impede motion.

It definitely seems as though the USA has been caught with its pants down in this scenario, doesn’t it? I’m reading elsewhere that the USGS has been underfunded in recent times but even so, it seems surprising that the USA would allow control of strategic resources to slip away… here’s a USGS article from 2002 I just discovered – they were quite aware of what was going on even back then – http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs087-02/

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