The Metal Events‘ 19th International Rare Earths Conference returns to San Antonio, Texas, in 2023. Registration and welcome reception on 18th October, following on from the Scandium Symposium Register HERE…
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The UK’s Critical Minerals Association, in partnership with Metal Events, is holding its first Critical Metals and Materials Conference in London on 22-23 March 2023. MMTA members are entitled to…
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Mining.com recently reported that China is increasing its attempts to restrict illegal mining and export of rare earths. To do this, it is setting up a system to certify the… -
CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: March 2023Critical materials underpinning energy transition: dysprosium & terbium
This month Project Blue is looking more closely at two of the rare earths underpinning energy transition: dysprosium and terbium. Dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb) are two elements that form…
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The Critical Raw Materials Alliance recently held its bi-annual meeting in Brussels. The Alliance met with the consultants TNO, who are tasked with completing the new CRM list for 2017.… -
After months of deliberations, the European Parliament voted in the second week of December 2023 to adopt the Critical Raw Materials Act. The key aim of this legislation, aside from…
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CPM Group recently attended both the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) and Metal Events Rare Earths (MERE) meetings in Singapore. Along with the valuable opportunity to reconnect with people sometimes…
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Xplore! Science Discovery Centre to deliver educational workshops on rare earth metals for green technology The ‘Mine to Magnet’ School Workshop, the first of its kind, has received funding from…
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Less Common Metals, based in the UK, is one of a handful of companies in the Western world commercially producing the highly specialised strip cast alloys and HD powders needed…
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MMTA member Less Common Metals, a British producer of rare earth magnetic alloys, has had a busy year. The MMTA caught up with LCM general manager Aaron Riley to ask…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleThe Crucible: November 2022Less Common Metals: A UK Magnet Plant to serve automotive and wind turbines could be established by 2025
A feasibility study carried out by Less Common Metals (LCM) has confirmed that it is feasible to establish a rare earth per-manent magnet production facility in the UK to service…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleLegislation and RegulationResourcesSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: January 2023Letter from North America
Resources: Protect of Promote? Dear Members. Good Morning and a very Happy New Year! This Sunday morning, here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, I am looking out on only a little…
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I cannot believe that we’re just heading into the second quarter of this year. As soon as we’d celebrated the first day of spring here in New York, it dropped… -
Dear Members Well, it’s the shortest day of the year soon; winter – supposedly. But it was already some 62°F at 05.45 this morning. Another record? Let’s see how Paris…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: April 2024MMTA International Minor Metals Conference – Programme and Speakers
Welcome to Singapore! Here are this week’s conference schedule and speakers: Conference Schedule Wednesday 17 April 2024 07.30hrs – 15:30hrs Golf Tournament kindly sponsored by ICD Group will take place at the…
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MDSM is the world’s leading conference & expo focused on the latest technical advancements in motor, drive systems, motion control, magnetic applications, technology, and rare earth materials. This is a…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleLegislation and RegulationMinor Metals and ApplicationsSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: November 2022News in Brief
Go, Go, Gallium After several false starts, NASA’s Artemis I mission took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 16 November, the first in a series of complex missions…
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Happy New Year 2024 And welcome to this year’s first edition of the Crucible. As we look forward to 2024, new regulations are already coming into play that encompass…
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One of my many bosses (and some reading this will recognize who it is) appeared to enjoy scanning the torrent of uncontrollable contracts with a forensic eye. Occasionally, pipe in…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleThe Crucible: July/August 2022Pensana ramps up rare earth plans
The UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy was launched in July at the ground breaking ceremony for the $195m Pensana’s rare earth refinery at Saltend Chemicals Park near Hull. This will be the UK’s…
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On the heels of the Metals Events 19th Rare Earths Conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA, in October, Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton, analysts at CPM Group, delve into the…
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The Raw Materials Week is an annual event organised by the European Commission. It gathers a wide range of stakeholders discussing policies and initiatives in the field of raw material, providing…
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The Rare Earth Industry Association (REIA) 2023 General Assembly and Conference will be held at the World Trade Center, Barcelona on 21-23 June. Registration will open soon. For details, including…
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CrucibleMMTA Member newsResourcesSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: September 2022The importance of ESG in the Rare Earth industry
A-level student Rachel Higgins recently spent two weeks on work experience at MMTA member company, UK rare earth processor Less Common Metals. There she divided her time between different departments…
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In Part 1 of this series for The Crucible analysts Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton of CPM Group tackle the tension at the heart of Net Zero’s reliance on minor…
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Unfolding in April 2024, this dynamic forum is not just an event but a nexus for global professionals and thought leaders. Engage in in-depth discussions on critical minerals, exploring challenges,…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: October 2018
U.S. gives rare earths reprieve in revised $200 billion China tariff list
U.S. gives rare earths reprieve in revised $200 billion China tariff list BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States did not include rare earth elements, metals used in magnets, radars and…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: June 2019VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA: Of Rare Earths, Morocco and Gallium Nitride
VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Rare Earths, Morocco and Gallium Nitride Dear Members, Maybe spring is really here? I shall not go any further than “maybe.” But there are some…
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By Tamara Alliot, MMTA The Executive Team was kindly invited to MMTA member company Less Common Metals (LCM) just before Christmas. Ian Higgins, the Managing Director welcomed us to their… -
As we enter the busiest trading season of the second half of 2023, Project Blue looks at what lies ahead for critical materials in the rest of 2023 The major…
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In this opinion piece, Caroline Messecar, Strategic Markets Editor for technology metals, Fastmarkets, delves deeply into the complex, confusing and sometimes counter-intuitive world of rare earth commodity prices. And she…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: November 2023Why the rare earths industry needs transparency now more than ever
Fastmarkets has relaunched rare earth prices and coverage after a pause of several years. The Crucible asked Strategic Markets Editor for Technology Metals, Caroline Messecar, to talk about why a…