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...Looking more closely, they saw a tangled mess of metal that was frozen into the ice. Mordhorst recalls returning to their cabin and telling a friend what they saw....
...Also showing is Earth Works, an exhibition of acrylics on polystyrene and aluminium panels depicting our impact on the planet (to January 7)....
...Last year the Mirror newspaper published an article in which it questioned the sale of rare earth metal investments by First Capital Wealth, although this is not the cause of the FCA’s action....
...Rather than ship the toxic solution – which it needs to separate the rare earth metals from the rock – back and forth to Las Vegas, it is going to use a secret process that recycles the byproduct of the...
...Manufacturers and politicians in the US argue for more investment in the country’s production of rare earths, amid intensifying concern about China’s domination of supplies of the vital metals....
...Hitachi Metals last week announced a joint venture with Molycorp, a company trying to develop a rare earth mine in California, that could ultimately produce rare earth magnets in the US....
...Molycorp, which owns a rare earth mine in California, was up 12 per cent to $66.34, after it purchased a 90 per cent stake in AS Silmet, a rare earth processing facility in Europe, in a deal valued at $89m...
...Rare earth stocks have risen in recent weeks after China cut its export quotas for the elements used in technical devices....
...These valves can cope with the high pressures under the Earth’s surface, and typically make up 8-12 per cent of an energy project’s total costs....
...Even before he took over as Caterpillar’s chief executive little more than four months ago, Doug Oberhelman was changing the culture at the world’s biggest maker of earth-moving equipment by revenue....
...In comparison with earths, demand for minor metals is less beholden to China, traders say....
...Japanese companies, urged on by their government, are racing to secure supplies of rare metals and rare earth elements that are vital to many technology products....
...How on earth did someone figure that a documentary on the making of the September issue of Vogue would appeal to every pubescent teenager and then turn them into magazine groupies?)...
...Mr Kottikollon says his company is one of the few that can produce the specialised, pure steel valves required for high-pressure environments deep in the earth’s crust....
...“Our dealings with him have been very good”, said Mr Walker, describing Mr Deripaska as down-to-earth and professional, adding that “I don’t think [the visa issue] will tarnish our reputation.”...
...Fortress Investment , the hedge fund and private equity group, fell back to earth this week after its stellar market debut last Friday....
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