Molycorp, Inc

Molycorp delivers on magnet-making jv

In August Molycorp’s (MCP-N) proposed partnership with Hitachi Metals to create a joint-venture that would manufacture neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) alloy and permanent  rare earth magnets fell through when the two companies failed to reach…


Mark Smith, Molycorp's president and CEO. For more than 24 years, Smith has been involved in the operation and development of the Mountain Pass rare earth element mine in southeastern California, seen in the background. Photo by Trish Saywell

Molycorp’s Mountain Pass: A made-in-America solution

In late October Molycorp (MCP-N) bused journalists from Fortune, Wired, Mother Jones and The Northern Miner, among others, down Interstate Highway 15 from Las Vegas to meet president and chief executive Mark Smith and tour the company’s…


Molycorp president and CEO Mark Smith at the Mountain Pass rare earth element mine in southeastern California. Photo by Trish Saywell.

Molycorp: A Made-in-America solution

In late October Molycorp (MCP-N) bused journalists from Fortune, Wired, Mother Jones and The Northern Miner, among others, down Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to meet president and chief executive Mark Smith and tour the company’s Mountain Pass…


Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths

With Chinese producers choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new, cheap production from outside of China. Explorer Wealth Minerals (WML-V) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit in Argentina as…




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