Buffet buys into tungsten mine
While tungsten promoters may want to spin a tungsten mine investment that connects back to Warren Buffet as a rousing endorsement for the metal, the main factor in the move may be far more pragmatic.
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A big bet by Buffet on tungsten…or a firm specific move to lock-up supply?
While tungsten promoters may want to spin an investment in a tungsten mine that connects back to Warren Buffet as a rousing endorsement for the metal, the main factor in the move is far more pragmatic.
Malaga expands tungsten resource
Three years ago when Pierre Monet went out on the road to talk to the investment community about tungsten, he would spend about 60% of his time explaining what the metal was all about. Today the president and chief executive of tungsten…
Pre-feasibility lifts Rare Element Resources
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