Industrial Minerals


Rare earth prices on the rise

22 July 2010

by Mark Watts

Prices for China-sourced material react to export cuts as supply fears hit

Keywords: rare earths, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, praseodymium, europium

Prices for rare earth material sourced from China continued to rise this week amid fears of supply shortages in overseas markets, according to industry sources.Earlier this month China – the source of over 95% of global rare earths supply – announced it would cut exports for the second...