Under the guidance of Trump’s order to expand US rare earth production and support the domestic supply chain, the Pentagon announced that it will allocate approximately $13 million (about NT$370 million) to three rare earth mining companies to help them rebuild the U.S. rare earth production chain for getting rid of dependence on rare earths in mainland China.

Baotou to promote the upgrading of the rare earth industry. The city is the largest industrial city in Inner Mongolia. It is an important energy, raw material, rare earth and equipment manufacturing base for the country and Inner Mongolia. It is known as "Prairie Steel City" and "Rare Earth Capital". With the development of the economy, as an old industrial city, is also facing the urgent task of technological progress and industrial upgrading.

Recently, the EPFL research team used molybdenum disulfide to develop a new type of "brain-like neuron transmission" computer chip, which has the ability to process and store information in the same circuit, and realize a small size for computer equipment. It provides insight for optimization, high efficiency and energy saving.

1T phase MoS₂ (1T-MoS₂) could remove toxic metals in aquatic systems according to recent research. The research team of the Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials Center of the Nanomaterials and Device Technology Research Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei Research Institute used a two-step solvothermal synthesis method to prepare a high-purity 1T- MoS₂, which is chemically stable high, and it can be placed in the air for a year, and maintain a stable wide-spaced structure in the water environment, thereby ensuring the transport of ions, and efficiently removing toxic metals ions in the water, such as hexavalent chromium.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and tungsten powder prices in China keep stable on November 26, 2020 as the market is in a stalemate. Upstream suppliers are reluctant to sell their products at low prices while downstream buyers are not active in trading. 

China rare earth price kept rising in the week ended on Friday November 27, 2020 thanks to good trading atmosphere and market confidence. neodymium oxide price increased to 98,000 yuan/ton and praseodymium oxide price increased to 32,000 yuan/ton. 

China molybdenum price maintained stability in the week ended on Friday November 27, 2020 due to low trading activity affected by weak economic conditions and the second wave of Covid-19. 

Search Minerals Inc. (“Search” or the “Company”) and USA Rare Earth, LLC (“USA Rare Earth”) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a Technical Collaboration Framework Agreement (“Collaboration Agreement”) to govern initial cooperation between USA Rare Earth and Search in a number of important areas of mutual interest.

The rare earth industry faces opportunities for high-quality development. The decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee have pointed out the direction and determined the goal for the future development of the domestic rare earth industry. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China is facing the following historic opportunities to promote high-quality development.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten powder and tungsten concentrate prices in China maintain stability after a slight increase early this week boosted by new guide prices from tungsten companies and associations. In the short term, the market is expected to stabilize as the demand side continues to be weak.