http://www.theanchorsite.com Research on Rare Earth Elements Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:07:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Clint Cox "Do NOT go into the bush!" We received this warning a number of times before we stepped foot at Mount Weld.  People die out in the bush -- an Aboriginal had recently died in the area.  We flew into Laverton from Perth for our visit, and Laverton is hundreds ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2010/03/04/wonder-at-mount-weld/ By Clint Cox Dubbo is a short flight from Sydney. Alkane Resources has three projects in the vicinity, with the Dubbo Zirconia Project (aka D-Zed-P) being of most interest to yours truly. We “hired a car” (that's “rented a vehicle” for those in the US) for the short trip out to DZP. ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2010/02/17/dubbo/ By Clint Cox Special thanks to Ian Chalmers for forwarding these pictures (approved by ANSTO): External of the Dubbo Demonstration Plant The Dubbo Demonstration Plant Zirconium / Niobium Precipitation Circuit http://www.theanchorsite.com/2010/02/16/pictures-from-ansto/ By Clint Cox G'Day from the land Down Under! ANSTO is the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. What follows below is a brief description of my trip to this facility and what they offer the rare earth community. There will be no pictures to accompany this posting, which is unfortunate, because they ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2010/02/09/what-is-ansto-why-does-it-matter-for-the-rare-earths/ By Clint Cox Happy New Year! This is more of an exercise in entertainment than it will be informative.  There are so many different directions the rare earth industry could go this year that it would be foolish to make formal predictions (so please consider anything I say here very informal). Enough ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2010/01/02/2010-here-we-are-now-where-will-we-go/ By Clint Cox In January of this year I examined the issues that I believed that the rare earth world would be facing in 2009.  Below, I have analyzed my own text (for better or worse) -- my current comments are in blue: Rare Earths in 2009: Cover Your Eyes, Grit your ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2009/12/17/how-did-we-do-looking-back-on-2009/ By Clint Cox Metal Events Ltd’s “5th International Rare Earths Conference” was held in Hong Kong in November 17-19, and was attended by about 170 delegates – a new record for the event. While the delegates engaged in lively discussion over many topics, most seemed to agree on one thing – 2009 ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2009/11/25/598/ By Clint Cox I apologize for the delay in getting this story posted! Let me start by saying that Infocast's Conference held October 20-22 in Washington DC entitled "Managing Supply Chain Risks for Critical & Strategic Metals: Rare Earth Metals, Minor Metals, Platinum Group Metals, Lithium" had quite a mix of attendees ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2009/11/04/what-happened-in-washington-dc/ The following interview took place on 17 September 2009. This is the second part of the interview: COX: How does Mountain Pass compare to Chinese projects? SMITH: Our goal is to be globally cost competitive.  To produce a pound of rare earth oxide equivalent, we want to make sure that our ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2009/10/20/interview-with-mark-smith-part-2/ The following interview took place on 17 September 2009. CLINT COX: I am interviewing Mark Smith, CEO of Molycorp Minerals, LLC, now a private company. Why don't we start with when and how did you get interested in the rare earth market? SMITH: Clint, I had the very fortuitous fortune of being ... http://www.theanchorsite.com/2009/10/12/interview-with-mark-smith-part-1/