The changing attitudes of junior miners

• Autores: John Ollett
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 545, 2013
• Idioma: inglés
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  • "The initial processing [to reach a mixed rare earths concentrate] is not unlike other mineral processing," Paul McGuinness, Frontier Rare Earths CFO, told IM.

    "It is just sound business," [Jim McKenzie] told IM. "If you have a product that is increasingly valuable, you use the ability to go downstream because of the good economics involved." Focus Graphite, a Canadian graphite developer, focuses on both the upstream mining and the downstream processing. This was key "to securing a cost-leading competitive advantage", Gary Economo, CEO, told IM.