WTO Suit Won’t End China’s Rare Earth Monopoly: Jeffery Green
Zig Lambo, The Critical Metals Report
Washington misses the point about rare earth element supply, says Jeffery Green, founder of J.A. Green & Co. With the Departments of Energy, United States Trade Representative and Department of Defense each approaching China’s near monopoly from different angles and Congress more divided than ever, it takes an expert like Green to illuminate the structure [...]
Founder of Strategic Materials Advisory Council Jeffery A. Green joins American Resources Expert Panel
Press Release, American Resources Policy Network
We’re thrilled to announce that Jeffery A. Green, President and Founder of J.A. Green & Company, and Founder of the Strategic Materials Advisory Council, has joined the American Resources Policy Network’s panel of issue experts. Prior to forming J.A. Green & Company, Green served as Staff Director to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, [...]
Pentagon ‘naive’ on rare earth outlook, several experts say
Lou Kilzer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Pentagon report that says domestic sources will allow the U.S. military to meet most of its demand for rare earth elements by next year was blasted on Monday by several experts. After more than a year in preparation, the seven-page report predicts an end to China’s stranglehold on the elements needed for high-tech U.S. [...]
Group urges congressional action to boost domestic supply
Manuel Quinones, Greenwire
The U.S. Magnetic Materials Association, a key advocacy group in the debate over rare earths policy, is urging lawmakers to enact legislation to help restart the domestic supply chain. In a letter this week, the group and other rare earth industry leaders urged lawmakers not to get complacent in light of President Obama’s request for [...]
US Military and Environmentalists United in Magnesium’s Development
Shihoko Goto, Resource Investing News
With gas prices showing no signs of coming down, hopes for more affordable fuel-efficient cars are rising ever higher. For magnesium producers, such expectations are particularly strong given the metal’s potential to produce more cost-effective and lightweight magnesium-ion batteries for automobiles. In addition, magnesium producers may find more investors coming from the defense industry and [...]
Government fumbles opportunity on processing rare earths
Lou Kilzer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Four days after America’s largest rare earth mining company announced it soon would have enough material to ship to China, the Obama administration said it would force the Chinese to ship more rare earth elements to the United States. Confused? Industry insiders say you should be. Rare earths are the glue that holds together much [...]
U.S., EU, Japan Seek WTO Consultations On China’s Rare Earth Export Curbs
Scott Otteman, Inside U.S.-China Trade
The Obama administration, backed by the European Union and Japan, this week took the first step toward a potential World Trade Organization challenge of Chinese restrictions on rare earths materials, tungsten and molybdenum by requesting formal consultations. But senior administration officials said in a March 13 press conference that the administration still holds out hope [...]
The rare earth advantage
Scott Tong, Marketplace
Kai Ryssdal: If you want to make a cell phone or an electric car or wind turbines or guided missiles — all of which are in varying demand in the wider world — you’ve got be able to get your hands on something called rare earth metals. China has the lion’s share of them — [...]
The US Tries to Gain Control of Rare Earth Minerals
Darren Gersh, Nightly Business Report
If you use high-tech products or own shares in high-tech companies, you’ll want to keep an eye on the trade case the U.S. filed against China today. It targets Chinese exports of rare earth minerals. Those minerals are critical to high-tech manufacturing, and China controls the world’s supply. Darren Gersh reports.
Industry Representative Reacts to Obama’s China Trade Announcement
Press Release, Business Wire
At a press conference this morning, President Barack Obama addressed China’s increasingly restrictive policies on rare earth exports. Earlier on Tuesday, the European Union, the United States and Japan filed a case with the World Trade Organization in an effort to address Beijing’s tough export quotas. The President indicated that he is committed to ensuring [...]
