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Tantalus Announces Extension Of Supervisory Board

by Admin on August 25, 2010 · 1 comment

in In The Media,Rare Earths,Tantalum

DUSSELDORF, Germany — August 25, 2010 – Tantalus Rare Earths AG of Düsseldorf, Germany, with its 300 km2 Rare Earth project in Northern Madagascar, announces today the appointment three new members to its supervisory board, namely Mr. Jack Lifton, Mr. Benoit M. Violette and Mr. Ben Paton. The new members will join the existing board members and will add comprehensive experience in their respective fields to the company.

Mr. Jack Lifton is one of the leading experts on technology metals, including rare earths, lithium and rare metals in general. Mr. Lifton is a renowned consultant, lecturer and author of many leading articles in this field. With his background as a physical chemist, specializing in high temperature metallurgy, he started out as researcher before moving to marketing and manufacturing executive positions. Mr. Lifton has been involved in the industry for over 48 years and is now utilizing his experience by consulting to global OEMs and institutional investors. He also frequently appears as an invited guest speaker at leading industry conferences worldwide.

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Europe Beckons: The Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Workshop in Slovenia

by Gareth Hatch on August 24, 2010 · 4 comments

in Event Reviews,Permanent Magnets,Rare Earths

Later this week I’ll be flying out to Europe, ahead of the 21st International Workshop on Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and their Applications – also known as REPM’10 or simply “The Workshop” within the magnet industry.

This Workshop will be held on the shores of the picturesque Lake Bled in Slovenia, and is the latest in a long series of similar events stretching back to the 1970s. Karl Strnat, the co-discoverer of the first generation of permanent magnets based on rare earths, organized the first Workshop at the University of Dayton, Ohio in 1974. Dr. Strnat worked at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, part of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, and it was there that he, Alden Ray and others undertook the research that led to the discovery the first RE-Cobalt magnetic compounds.

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The Green Revolution In China

by Jack Lifton August 20, 2010

The television commentator and former Jesuit, John McLaughlin, used to make me laugh when he would tell a panelist of an opposing political view: “Once again you’ve stumbled upon the truth, even though you don’t know how you got there.” The New York Times recently reported the facts of a story entitled, “China to Invest [...]

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Some Thoughts On Rare Element Resources’ Bear Lodge Project

by Jack Lifton August 18, 2010

On July 15, 2010 I visited Rare Element Resource’s (TSX.V:RES) proposed mining site in Wyoming. When I got back to Detroit, I had to start preparing for the trip to China that I took at the end of July, so I am just now getting to write a report for you, of my observations on [...]

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A Quick Note On Recent News From China

by Jack Lifton August 17, 2010

It has now been reported in the Wall Street Journal that China is in the process of creating a unform governmental policy to export chemical engineering processing technologies so that the non-Chinese production of vital raw materials can be done economically by enabling foreign (to China) owned and located mining ventures to move up the supply and value chains [...]

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Conference Fatigue And The Management Skills Of Junior Miners

by Jack Lifton August 5, 2010

Many of my readers have expressed surprise at my report of the non-appearance of practically all of the non-Chinese rare-earth junior-mining ventures, at the ’6th International Conference on Rare Earth Development and Application & China Rare Earth Summit 2010′, held in Beijing this week. I personally decided to come to the English-language ‘China Rare Earth [...]

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A Report From The Rare Earths Conference In Beijing

by Jack Lifton August 4, 2010

I am in Beijing, where I am attending and have spoken at the 2010 China Rare Earth Summit, part of the 6th International Conference on Rare Earth Development and Application, run by the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. I was honored to be one of only three American guest speakers. The other two were America’s [...]

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Dacha takes center stage after rare earths squeeze

by Admin July 28, 2010

Metal Bulletin – Published: July 27, 2010 Dacha Capital’s rare earths stockpile has started to look more attractive following China’s decision to slash rare earth export quotas for the second half of the year by more than 60%, market participants told MB. The quota, announced in early July, was cut to just under 8,000 tonnes [...]

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Dacha Capital: A Discussion With Patrick Wong

by Gareth Hatch July 22, 2010

Dacha Capital [TSX.V:DAC, OTCQX:DCHAF] 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. Given the unusual nature of Dacha’s investment [...]

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China Plans For Its Competitive Future With Mining Asset Drive

by Jack Lifton July 22, 2010

The Wall Street Journal discovers the new old world of mining development and finance; and the natives of that new old world are smart, well financed, and decidedly unfriendly to competitors from the old new world. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal has an article buried on page A11 entitled “Chinese Firms Snap Up Mining Assets.” The [...]

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