Articles On Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU)

Arafura’s recent feasibility study update confirmed the project’s ultra-low operating costs of US$24.76/kilogram neodymium-praseodymium oxide and will form the basis for securing project finance.

An updated feasibility study has reaffirmed and upgraded the robust economics for Arafura’s Nolans neodynium-praseodymium (NdPr) project. Some of the new numbers include net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) – both measu...

The feasibility study update has confirmed the project’s ultra-low operating costs of US$24.76/kilogram neodymium-praseodymium oxide and will form the basis for securing project finance.

Shares in Arafura Resources Limited (ASX: ARU) are soaring in early trade today after the company unveiled its Nolans Project’s feasibility study. The Arafura share price is up 11.1% at the time of writing, trading at 20 cents apiece. Nola...

Arafura’s shovel-ready Nolans NdPr project has received a shot in the arm after securing a non-binding letter of support from the Australian Government. Export Finance Australia – the country’s export credit agency – is proposing a $200m se...

The company has engaged Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited for the initial phase of the debt process focused on refining the Nolans project debt financing strategy.

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The Arafura Resources Limited (ASX: ARU) share price has fallen today after news the company has pushed delivery of its Nolans Project back by 8 months.  The company also announced it won’t be initially mining cerium at the rare earth proj...

Arafura continues to optimise its Nolans rare earths project and its execution strategy in parallel with offtake and project funding activities. The company stated in an announcement to the ASX on Wednesday that feedback from contracting, o...

Recent changes to the company’s execution strategy include incorporating a detailed front-end engineering phase to reduce risk and deliver a higher level of cost certainty allowing for construction tenders to be received prior to Final Inve...

By 2030, UBS predicts we’ll need a lot of manganese, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, nickel and copper if car makers are to hit some very ambitious production targets. They estimate EV penetration increasing from 4 per cent currently to 20 pe...

Rare earths supply security continues to be a concern for countries outside of China given their importance in the production of high tech products such as electric vehicles and military equipment. Little wonder then that one of the topics...

The mineral leases host the Nolans borefield and will enable the construction of a water diversion channel around the mining area – as required under the project’s environmental approval conditions.

Analysis of the metallurgical test results and incorporation of these findings into the final design has resulted in several changes to the DFS process design which will improve commissioning and Neodymium Praseodymium oxide recovery.

Summary Ms Cathy Moises will serve as the Non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Ms Moises holds a bachelor’s degree in Science (Honour’s) with a major in Geology and a Diploma in finance backed by extensive experience with sev...

The company has a world-class neodymium-praseodymium resource in Australia's Northern Territory.

Secure rare earth supply is now coming near top of the defence agenda in Washington with US President Donald Trump signing an executive order declaring a national emergency and calling for a boost in domestic American production. Not only d...

Michael Gable is an expert guest commentator for the Finance News Network, presenting “Stock Watch” each week – covering stock tips and shares on the Australian market (ASX). This video is dated 28 September 2020.  Shares covered: (ASX:SYD)...

The validation paves the way for further commercial negotiations and marks the successful completion of a comprehensive flowsheet piloting program.

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The company has reached several significant milestones for its 100%-owned neodymium-praseodymium project in the Northern Territory.

Special Report: The strategic significance of Arafura’s Nolans Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) project in the NT has been recognised with the renewal of its Major Project Status. This provides a single point of entry for a range of Australian...

The renewal acknowledges Nolans as a strategically significant Australian critical minerals and advanced materials development project and provides access to a range of Australian Government services and programs.

Australian Potash Limited (ASX: APC) has appointed Ms Cathy Moises as a non-executive director of the company. Ms Moises has extensive knowledge and experience in financial markets and the resources industry, having worked as a senior reso...

The rapid growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales appears to have stalled – at least temporarily – thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first quarter of 2020, but the blow has been cushioned by rising sales in Europe. While EV sales ros...

Special Report: Arafura has received the all important mineral leases for its Nolans neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project in the Northern Territory. The award of the leases, which follow the execution of the native title agreement last mon...

The company is in the advanced stages of preparing a Mining Management Plan for authorisation by the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Resources.

In June, ASX-listed companies of all sizes continued to raise capital but the small-cap sector was particularly busy. Stocks with market capitalisations of under $100m at the time of the deal raised $274m in the last month. This is triple M...

This agreement facilitates progress towards a final mining approval by the Northern Territory Government.

Special Report: Arafura has executed the crucial native title agreement for its Nolans neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project in the Northern Territory. In-principle agreement was reached in late February but COVID-19 travel restrictions mea...

Signing of the agreement was paused due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, which have now been lifted.

Special Report: The fact that rare earths has got industry and government in a fluster over tightening supply has sent institutional investors to Arafura’s door offering up cash. Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU) wasn’t in need of money, but was...

RARE earths aspirant Arafura Resources has topped up its coffers with a A$7 million fund raising it says will be used for “execution readiness ...

Funds will be spent on early engineering work at the Nolans Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) Project in the Northern Territory.

The company is pursuing funding and offtake opportunities for its Nolans Neodymium-Praseodymium Project in the Northern Territory.

While the automobile industry slumps in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one bright spark still remaining in the sector as the rest of the industry drops a gear. Global car sales in the first four months of 2020 have fallen about...

The Nolans project will supply 5-10% of global demand for neodymium- praseodymium, the key rare earths in permanent magnets used in electric motors.

While China has slapped an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley imports, the world’s largest rare earths producer’s move to remove a 25 per cent tariff on rare earths from the US is due to take effect today. China imported 7,352 tonnes o...

China now produces 80% of the world’s neodymium-praseodymium output, a combination of rare earth metals vital to the manufacture of high strength permanent magnets. These magnets are used in the drivetrains of electric vehicles (EVs), so th...

RockTalk is a Stockhead video series featuring a roundtable of resources experts discussing a new macro topic each week. In this two-part edition, host Peter Strachan digs deep on the rare earth market and how supply uncertainty is impactin...

With the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting just how vulnerable the supply chain for rare earths – indeed most materials – are to disruptions, it must come as some relief that Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC) will restart its Malaysian processing pl...

Supply chain security remains at the centre of the rare earths narrative as highlighted by Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC) being awarded the phase-one contract for a heavy rare earth separation facility by the US Department of Defense this week...

Uncertainty is the new normal thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to sweep the globe with nearly 1.8 million cases worldwide and 111,828 deaths reported to date. The impact of restrictions and lockdowns put in place to limit or m...