稀土价格暴跌企业开发热情骤减_时事

稀土价格暴跌企业开发热情骤减

但由于稀土价格迅速下跌，金伯利稀土公司最终放弃了开发Cummins Range项目的计划，该公司称它将转而致力于开采铜和黄金等其他大宗商品。

The Perth-based miner isn't alone in giving up hopes of a rebound in prices. Southern Crown Resources Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia, sold its rare-earths unit in July, while Perth-based Black Fire Minerals Ltd. last month said it is also abandoning rare earths.

并非只有这家总部位于珀斯的公司正在放弃对稀土价格出现反弹的希望。总部位于澳大利亚墨尔本的Southern Crown Resources Ltd.今年七月卖掉了其稀土子公司，而总部位于珀斯的Black Fire Minerals Ltd.上个月说，它也将放弃稀土业务。

Black Fire Minerals last year secured an option to buy a 70% stake in the Longonjo rare-earths project in Angola from Sable Minerals Pty Ltd. 'However, in light of the significant fall in rare-earth prices, we have decided not to move ahead with it,' said Managing Director Simon Rigby. 'The sector now has significant challenges.'

Black Fire Minerals去年获得了从Sable Minerals Pty Ltd.手中购买安哥拉Longonjo稀土项目70%股份的期权。但Black Fire Minerals的董事总经理里格比(Simon Rigby)说：鉴于稀土价格大幅下跌，我们决定放弃行权。他说，这个领域现在面临着严峻挑战。

Clouding the outlook for small companies are several big mines in the process of starting up that analysts think will swamp the market with too much supply, limiting any recovery in prices.