Rare Earth Metals (REE) are elements, typically metal, that are required for high tech development and manufacture of electronics, aerospace, military and similar products.
Some examples include:
Molybdenum
Ruthenium
Lanthanum
Neobium
Tantalum
Cesium
Lithium
Cerium
Vanadium
Different analysts include varying example in their REE basket. For instance some would include Uranium while others would not.
Since REE are required for military applications, the mineral stocks are strategic store – a very competitive market exists for the rarest REE.
Extraction of these rare earths are similar to precious metal mining with a few notable differences.
Some of these extraction scenarios produce many more tons of overburden (waste rock) than precious metal mining. This is a social and environmental aspect that demands significant personnel resources and goodwill capital.
Here are a couple blogs to read about REE.
http://www.raremetalblog.com/
www.raremetalstock.com
NOTE: These sites may receive financial subsidies by manufacturers/miners for product placement and write-ups.
How to Invest In REE
Option One – Speculative: Stock Picking.
This option requires the most amount of due diligence and time and will typically only pay off for the savvy. You will need to focus on a sector within the industry. For example, if you look at the Uranium slice of the REE pie, you might find choose to stick with the larger producers such as Denison, Cameco (CCJ), etc.
Or, perhaps you want to allocate some very speculative wagers into micro firms that may be on to the next bid ore body and determine that Ucore or Fronteer, Uranerz (NYSE:URX) or Paladin have promise:
When you become familiar with current producers, and learn their ore bodies, at that point you can begin to extrapolate from that ore body and predict which explorers in nearby areas have higher likelihood of production. For example, Uranium City in Saskatchewan might provide a more likely source of future uranium deposit discovery than Chicago, right?
Option Two: The Funds
Pinetree Capital, PNPFF, has multiple uranium stocks and is one of the very few funds with exposure to the rare earths; the fund also holds potash and precious metal portfolio.
Pinetree Capital
Option Three: ETF
The Rare Earth Metal Fund (REMX) just started trading.
DISCLAIMER: YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE YOUR a$$, SO DON’T BUY ANYTHING. PROVIDED AS INFORMATION ONLY. I COULD BE LONG OR SHORT ANY OF THESE STOCKS OR FUNDS AND NOT EVEN CARE TO LOOK IT UP.
Some examples include:
Molybdenum
Ruthenium
Lanthanum
Neobium
Tantalum
Cesium
Lithium
Cerium
Vanadium
Different analysts include varying example in their REE basket. For instance some would include Uranium while others would not.
Since REE are required for military applications, the mineral stocks are strategic store – a very competitive market exists for the rarest REE.
Extraction of these rare earths are similar to precious metal mining with a few notable differences.
- <LI class=MsoNormal>Whereas precious metal ores have been sought out for a few thousand years, the REE have only come into demand in the last 70 years (some of these elements were only ‘discovered 100 years ago). This means that the mining infrastructure (power, roads, water, and human resources) do not exist where the ore bodies exist.
- The mineralogy may require different engineering and technology than have usually been utilized on precious metals mines.
Some of these extraction scenarios produce many more tons of overburden (waste rock) than precious metal mining. This is a social and environmental aspect that demands significant personnel resources and goodwill capital.
Here are a couple blogs to read about REE.
http://www.raremetalblog.com/
www.raremetalstock.com
NOTE: These sites may receive financial subsidies by manufacturers/miners for product placement and write-ups.
How to Invest In REE
Option One – Speculative: Stock Picking.
This option requires the most amount of due diligence and time and will typically only pay off for the savvy. You will need to focus on a sector within the industry. For example, if you look at the Uranium slice of the REE pie, you might find choose to stick with the larger producers such as Denison, Cameco (CCJ), etc.
Or, perhaps you want to allocate some very speculative wagers into micro firms that may be on to the next bid ore body and determine that Ucore or Fronteer, Uranerz (NYSE:URX) or Paladin have promise:
When you become familiar with current producers, and learn their ore bodies, at that point you can begin to extrapolate from that ore body and predict which explorers in nearby areas have higher likelihood of production. For example, Uranium City in Saskatchewan might provide a more likely source of future uranium deposit discovery than Chicago, right?
Option Two: The Funds
Pinetree Capital, PNPFF, has multiple uranium stocks and is one of the very few funds with exposure to the rare earths; the fund also holds potash and precious metal portfolio.
Pinetree Capital
Option Three: ETF
The Rare Earth Metal Fund (REMX) just started trading.
DISCLAIMER: YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE YOUR a$$, SO DON’T BUY ANYTHING. PROVIDED AS INFORMATION ONLY. I COULD BE LONG OR SHORT ANY OF THESE STOCKS OR FUNDS AND NOT EVEN CARE TO LOOK IT UP.
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