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Our colleagues over at Technology Metals Research (TMR) — home of ARPN Expert Dr. Gareth Hatch — are hosting a free, content-packed technical webinar on rare earths, featuring not one but FOUR of the industry’s top technical experts.

You can see who they are and reserve your spot by clicking here.

Here are just a few of the things that you’ll learn on this free webinar:

- Which specific rare-earth minerals are the most important for future production, and why;

- The critical difference between mineral reserves and mineral resources – and why it matters;

- The criteria for selecting underground versus open-pit mining for rare-earth projects;

- The key steps for processing rare earths and why flotation can be a real challenge for these minerals; and

- The radioactive impurities that no-one seems to talk about (hint: they’re not talking about uranium or thorium)

And MUCH more.

This is the first time that TMR has done a webinar of this type, so it’s sure to be popular – sign up now as places will be limited!

The 2012 MINExpo International was held in Las Vegas in mid-September. The event, sponsored by the National Mining Association is the world’s largest mining show and featured 1,890 exhibitors across 860,000 square feet. Over 58,000 people attended, an increase of 45 percent from the previous conference in 2008.

Industry equipment, including engines, communication technology, pollution control items, and robotics, were on full display. One exhibit even gave attendees the opportunity to get a birds-eye-view from the cabin of a 2,600 ton haul truck.

Check out remarks from the opening session here.

The Daily Caller reports that the EPA’s preemptive assessment of the Pebble copper and gold mine in Alaska could cost the U.S. $220 billion in investment. The agency’s report, based on an evaluation of a hypothetical mine, expresses concern over the site’s potential environmental impact and could lead to Pebble’s rejection before it has a [...]

We’re thrilled to announce that Alana Wilson, a senior research analyst with the Canada-based Fraser’s Institute’s Global Centre for Mining Studies, has joined the American Resources panel of issue experts. Ms. Wilson is spearheading the Institute’s most recent project, a website called MiningFacts.org, which offers timely research and articles examining the often-misunderstood “economic, environmental, and [...]

Sounding the alarm on the possible impact of hypothetical mining — in spite of the fact that no permit application or specific plans have been submitted — the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a cursory review of the Bristol Bay Watershed in Alaska. The EPA’s unprecedented early action is part of the agency’s effort [...]

American Resources Principal Dan McGroarty appeared on the Lars Larson show and Charles Payne’s PayneNation to discuss the EPA’s latest bid to stop the prospective Pebble Mine in Alaska before the project has a chance to be reviewed. Check out the interviews below.

ARPN’s Tungsten Month is over, but we will make an exception in the case for investment legend Warren Buffett. It seems one of his investment arms is taking a position in the re-commissioned tungsten mine in the United Kingdom, last operated as part of the industrial war effort during World War II. As American Resource [...]

A recent announcement concerning plans to mine asteroids has sent the media into a frenzy, but is it possible? Consider the challenges: asteroids have no gravity, meaning miners and equipment will have to anchor themselves to the ground. Add to this the minerals that will fly off into space once excavated and the staggering temperatures [...]

Back in March, the U.S., Europe and Japan issued a WTO complaint against China’s mineral export policies. The complaint raised awareness of global resource needs, but accomplished little else. Rather than waiting for further action, as the U.S. seems content to do, Japan has taken matters into its own hands. The Japanese have partnered with [...]

Stop us when this sounds familiar: Europe is counting on Greek and Nordic rare earth metals to save car and electronics industries from uncertain imports. Europe is rich with resources, yet political leaders lack the political will to tap them. The United States is in exactly the same position, but do we really want to [...]