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Strategic Metal News:
- Doe Run Peru Continues to Aim for 2012 Restart at La Oroya
The La Oroya metallurgical complex - operated by Doe Run Peru, and one of the world's largest tellurium producers until it's closure in 2009 - continues to make steps towards restarting production within 2012. - USA, Europe, Japan Bring REE Case to WTO
The US, Japan and the European Union have filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization, challenging its restrictions on rare earth exports.
Recommended Reading: Strategic Metals
- Strategic Metal Information Sources & Resources
Tom Vulcan of Hardassetinvestor.com provides a good summary of where to look - and what to consider - when searching for information on minor and strategic metals. - Conflict Minerals: An Assessment of the Dodd-Frank Act
Melvin Ayogu and Zenia Lewis from the Brookings Institute examine the provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that addresses the trade of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. - Rare Earths: Rare As It Is
A Chinese perspective on rare earth news and issues. Coverage and reports from the China Daily.
Recommended Reading: Chinese Economy
- China’s Real Estate Crash
With prices falling in China's major cities Patrick Chovanec looks at the beginnings of what may be China's first real estate crash. - China Outlook: 'Winter Is Coming'
Patrick Chovanec argues that the economic and financial woes in Wenzhou are representative of pressures and imbalances that are building across the Chinese economy and financial system. - China’s Stability Gambit
Stephen Roach, senior lecturer at Yale University's School of Management and former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, reflects on China's recent Development Forum, the dismissal of Bo Xilai, comments by Premier Wen Jiabao, and how it all comes back to growth and stability.
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