CEO Q&A with Martin Eales at Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd (LON:RBW)

Rainbow Rare Earths plc (LON:RBW) has today announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2019. Highlights ·    New Chief Executive Officer (George Bennett) appointed in the period ·    Revised strategy announced – based on

At the recent dedication ceremony for the Ntare Rushashatsi State House, Burundi’s new presidential palace, President Pierre Nkurunziza dedicated the sumptuous new building to Ntare Rushatsi Cambarantama, the first king of Burundi, and lauded the king’s

Rare earths get no respect. Stuck near the bottom of the periodic table of the elements, and given unpronounceable names like praseodymium and ytterbium, they have nowhere near the glamour and popularity that oxygen, nitrogen, carbon

What’s in your stuff? Most of us give no thought to the materials that make modern life possible. Yet technologies such as smart phones, electric vehicles, large screen TVs and green energy generation depend on a

REEs refer to a group of 17 unique chemical elements: the lanthanides which are comprised of 15 elements, plus scandium and yttrium which are grouped alongside the lanthanides on account of their similar physical and chemical

Rainbow Rare Earths Limited (LON:RBW), the rare earth mining company, has today announced a new funding agreement with one of its largest shareholders, Pipestone Capital Inc, of which George Bennett (Rainbow’s CEO) is the ultimate beneficiary.

Rare earth metals are actually not as rare as their name might imply. They are critical to high-performance optics and lasers, and essential to the most powerful magnets and superconductors in the world. Rare earths are

‘The mid-term growth potential of EVs and neomagnets could drive demand for rare earth elements to levels never seen before. Obtaining secure and sustainable production outside China must be front and centre in the thoughts of

Several years ago, we answered the question What’s So Rare About Rare Earth Elements? As we noted, although originally thought to be rare, many of the Rare Earth Element (REE) minerals are actually common in the Earth’s crust. 

Rainbow Rare Earths (LON:RBW), the Rare Earth Element mining company, has today announced that it has exported a further 75 tonnes of concentrate grading at approximately 53% Total Rare Earth Oxides, of which 19.5% is Neodymium

In 1965, this message appeared on a Holiday Inn sign in Ames, Iowa, to greet the attendees of the 5th Rare Earth Research Conference (RERC). Rare-earth chemistry was at a fulcrum point in its history. Previously,

Rare earths are a set of 17 chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically 57 through 71.  Scandium and Yttrium are also considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same ore deposits

Rare earths are a series of chemical elements found in the Earth’s crust that are vital to many modern technologies, including consumer electronics, computers and networks, communications, clean energy, advanced transportation, health care, environmental mitigation, national

Rainbow Rare Earths (LON:RBW), the Rare Earth Element mining company, has today provided an update on its exploration and mine development programme. Commenting on the results, Rainbow CEO George Bennett said: “These results continue to confirm

Minerals are essential to manufacturing components for everything from electric vehicles, smartphones and medical screening to weapons systems used by the military. But the United States remains heavily dependent on foreign sources for many of its

There are 17 rare earth elements in the periodic table which, contrary to their name, are as abundant in the Earth’s crust as tin or lead. Because rare earths are always fused with other minerals before

Rare Earth metals have long been a niche, but strategically important part of the mining industry. Although there are seventeen rare earth elements with a wide variety of uses, two in particular (Neodymium and Praseodymium, or