Comments on: Dr. Stan Trout Appointed As Director Of Magnet Manufacturing For Molycorp https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/dr-stan-trout-appointed-as-director-of-magnet-manufacturing-for-molycorp/ Commentary & analysis on rare earths and other technology metals Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:46:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: D. Carlton Rossi https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/dr-stan-trout-appointed-as-director-of-magnet-manufacturing-for-molycorp/#comment-557 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:46:07 +0000 https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/?p=1590#comment-557 There was some hint of Molycorp’s mine to magnetic strategy in the preliminary prospectus regarding magnetics. I admit though that I was most interested in how they were going to handle the issue of water. I was impressed with their solutions to the various problems regarding water. And I discovered that some rare earths such as cerium can be used to clean water. The company has developed a patented process to clean water.

It may be argued that we are entering the age of water. Salt water is increasing and fresh water is decreasing. There is more polluted water and less clean water. It is critical that fresh water be protected in the rare earths industry.

It seems to me that the difference between a mine to metals and a mine to magnetics strategy might be one of scale and expertise. It may be though that they have more in common than they have as differences. Perhaps a mine to magnetics company might look to a mine to metals company. The commonality is metallics.

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