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The Concerted European Action On Magnets: A Model For Facing The Rare Earths Challenge?
In 1984, the magnetic materials research community in Europe was at a formidable crossroads. The latter part of 1983 had seen industrial research groups in the USA and Japan simultaneously announce the discovery of a promising new permanent magnet material, based on the neodymium-iron-boron [Nd-Fe-B] alloy system. This long-sought successor to the ever more expensive [...]
Continue reading...How do We Deal With The Pollution Associated With Chinese Rare Earth Production?
Saturday, December 5, 2009
I’ve just finished writing up a new article over at Rare MetalBlog titled “Chinese Rare Earth Production: A Darker Shade of Green?“. The article discusses a new Sunday Times report on the extensive pollution caused by the mining and production of rare earths in China, and the effects that they’re having on the local people. [...]
Continue reading...US Rare Earths, Inc.: A Discussion With Ed Cowle And Jack Lifton
Monday, November 23, 2009
Last week, I spent over an hour with Ed Cowle, CEO of U.S. Rare Earths, Inc., a privately-held rare earths junior mining company, and Jack Lifton, Founding Editor of The Jack Lifton Report and a consultant to U.S. Rare Earths. The discussion was prompted by an earlier post over at the RareMetalBlog Web site, concerning [...]
Continue reading...Rare Earths & Permanent Magnets On The Radio Airwaves
Monday, November 16, 2009
Over the past few days, Australia’s ABC Radio National broadcast not one, but two items on rare earth metals, to both of which I heartily recommend listening. The first item was broadcast on the Breakfast program on Friday, and lasts a little over 6 minutes. It’s an introductory piece on the subject, but spends significant time [...]
Continue reading...The Problems Of Sourcing Wind Turbines And Rare Earth Metals From China
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Last weekend, Democrat US Senator Chuck Schumer of NY made headlines with his comments on a recent plan to fund a wind farm in Texas, using Federal stimulus money to pay for Chinese-built wind turbines. Rare metals commentator and analyst Jack Lifton has posted a new article on the subject, called “The Rare Earth Crisis [...]
Continue reading...21st Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Workshop [REPM10]: Call For Abstracts
Friday, November 6, 2009
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Earlier today, I was pleased to learn that the Organizing Committee of the 21st International Workshop on Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and the Applications [REPM10] announced their first Call for Abstracts. This meeting takes places in Bled, Slovenia from August 29 to September 2, 2010. Held every two years, the Workshop was inaugurated in 1974 [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official: Feds Required To Report To Congress On Rare Earths In The US Defense Supply Chain
Sunday, November 1, 2009
As I’ve posted about extensively here at Terra Magnetica, the US National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 contained language that required that the Federal government look at the role of rare earth materials in the US defense supply chain. Earlier this week, the bill was finally signed into law by President Obama. Section [...]
Continue reading...USMMA Forms New Advisory Board
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Earlier today, the United States Magnet Materials Association [USMMA] announced the formation of a new Advisory Board, comprising three highly-respected members of the magnetics & rare earths community. Joining the USMMA in this capacity are: Jack Lifton, of Jack Lifton LLC and The Jack Lifton Report, who is a well known commentator and consultant with [...]
Continue reading...The Critical & Strategic Metals Shindig
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I know I’ve been rather lax in following up on my last post here, sent just before the Critical & Strategic Metals Conference in Washington DC last week. It was a most interesting event. It gave many folks a chance to interact with other parts of the supply chain that they might not have directly [...]
Continue reading...Critical & Strategic Metals: The Big Pow Wow in Washington D.C.
Monday, October 19, 2009
I’m currently in Washington D.C., ahead of a three-day meeting called “Managing Supply Chain Risks for Critical & Strategic Metals”. This meeting, co-chaired by Jack Lifton of Jack Lifton, LLC, and Lisa Reisman of Aptium Global, will no doubt be an interesting mix of discussions and participants. It looks to cover rare earth metals, minor metals, platinum [...]
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