Mining company begins drilling to explore Neb. deposit of rare element used to harden steel – Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
NEW YORK, N.Y. – (April 22, 2011) Clearlease.com Reports ELK CREEK, Neb. – For the first time in more than 25 years, drilling is being conducted in southeast Nebraska to determine how much of a valuable and rare heat-resistant element lies hidden underground.
The drilling that began Thursday night is part of a Canadian mining company’s exploration of the site. Quantum Rare Earth Developments is trying to determine whether to build a mine to retrieve niobium and possibly other rare elements from more than 500 feet (150 metres) underground.
The U.S. currently imports nearly all the niobium that’s used in this country to harden steel and make it more heat-resistant for industrial uses. It hasn’t been produced in America in significant amounts since the 1950s. The U.S. Geologic Survey estimates 8.5 million kilograms (19 million pounds) of niobium worth roughly $330 million was imported into the U.S. in 2010.
The agency also says the underground carbonatite formation near Elk Creek has the potential to become one of the world’s largest sources of niobium and other rare earth elements used in cellphones, wind turbines, hybrid car batteries and other applications.
Earlier this year, Quantum released a new geology report confirming that a large deposit of niobium is present underground near Elk Creek, which is about 70 miles (110 kilometres) southwest of Lincoln.
The core samples Quantum is drilling now will help the company determine the boundaries of the carbonatite formation. Company officials estimate the drilling will continue for at least three months, but it could be longer if Quantum secures money to drill additional samples.
An underground niobium mine could employ as many as 400 to 500 people, but the project would likely cost between $300 million and $400 million to get started. Quantum has mineral-rights leases on about 9,500 acres (3,850 hectares) of rural land near Elk Creek that are good for about four more years.
Quantum is not starting from scratch at the site because Colorado-based Molycorp drilled about 100 samples there during the 1970s and 1980s.
During the 1990s, Molycorp abandoned the Elk Creek site because it didn’t appear that it would be profitable to build a niobium mine there. Niobium prices have since increased enough to prompt Quantum’s interest.
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – (April 22, 2011) Clearlease.com Reports ELK CREEK, Neb. – For the first time in more than 25 years, drilling is being conducted in southeast Nebraska to determine how much of a valuable and rare heat-resistant element lies hidden underground.
The drilling that began Thursday night is part of a Canadian mining company’s exploration of the site. Quantum Rare Earth Developments is trying to determine whether to build a mine to retrieve niobium and possibly other rare elements from more than 500 feet (150 metres) underground.
The U.S. currently imports nearly all the niobium that’s used in this country to harden steel and make it more heat-resistant for industrial uses. It hasn’t been produced in America in significant amounts since the 1950s. The U.S. Geologic Survey estimates 8.5 million kilograms (19 million pounds) of niobium worth roughly $330 million was imported into the U.S. in 2010.
The agency also says the underground carbonatite formation near Elk Creek has the potential to become one of the world’s largest sources of niobium and other rare earth elements used in cellphones, wind turbines, hybrid car batteries and other applications.
Earlier this year, Quantum released a new geology report confirming that a large deposit of niobium is present underground near Elk Creek, which is about 70 miles (110 kilometres) southwest of Lincoln.
The core samples Quantum is drilling now will help the company determine the boundaries of the carbonatite formation. Company officials estimate the drilling will continue for at least three months, but it could be longer if Quantum secures money to drill additional samples.
An underground niobium mine could employ as many as 400 to 500 people, but the project would likely cost between $300 million and $400 million to get started. Quantum has mineral-rights leases on about 9,500 acres (3,850 hectares) of rural land near Elk Creek that are good for about four more years.
Quantum is not starting from scratch at the site because Colorado-based Molycorp drilled about 100 samples there during the 1970s and 1980s.
During the 1990s, Molycorp abandoned the Elk Creek site because it didn’t appear that it would be profitable to build a niobium mine there. Niobium prices have since increased enough to prompt Quantum’s interest.
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
###Mining company begins drilling to explore Neb. deposit of rare element used to harden steel – Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
NEW YORK, N.Y. – (April 22, 2011) Clearlease.com Reports ELK CREEK, Neb. – For the first time in more than 25 years, drilling is being conducted in southeast Nebraska to determine how much of a valuable and rare heat-resistant element lies hidden underground.
The drilling that began Thursday night is part of a Canadian mining company’s exploration of the site. Quantum Rare Earth Developments is trying to determine whether to build a mine to retrieve niobium and possibly other rare elements from more than 500 feet (150 metres) underground.
The U.S. currently imports nearly all the niobium that’s used in this country to harden steel and make it more heat-resistant for industrial uses. It hasn’t been produced in America in significant amounts since the 1950s. The U.S. Geologic Survey estimates 8.5 million kilograms (19 million pounds) of niobium worth roughly $330 million was imported into the U.S. in 2010.
The agency also says the underground carbonatite formation near Elk Creek has the potential to become one of the world’s largest sources of niobium and other rare earth elements used in cellphones, wind turbines, hybrid car batteries and other applications.
Earlier this year, Quantum released a new geology report confirming that a large deposit of niobium is present underground near Elk Creek, which is about 70 miles (110 kilometres) southwest of Lincoln.
The core samples Quantum is drilling now will help the company determine the boundaries of the carbonatite formation. Company officials estimate the drilling will continue for at least three months, but it could be longer if Quantum secures money to drill additional samples.
An underground niobium mine could employ as many as 400 to 500 people, but the project would likely cost between $300 million and $400 million to get started. Quantum has mineral-rights leases on about 9,500 acres (3,850 hectares) of rural land near Elk Creek that are good for about four more years.
Quantum is not starting from scratch at the site because Colorado-based Molycorp drilled about 100 samples there during the 1970s and 1980s.
During the 1990s, Molycorp abandoned the Elk Creek site because it didn’t appear that it would be profitable to build a niobium mine there. Niobium prices have since increased enough to prompt Quantum’s interest.
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
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