RE: rare earth deposit in Germany They may have the deposits, but as I had said earlier, it will take them at least 15 to 20 years before they can be fully operational. Just to summarize :
1. Licensing and approvals - a few years. (Stans all ready)
2. Drilling, feasibility studies....yada..yada..yada... - a few years. (Stans almost done)
3. Builiding the plants, infrastructure (railroads..etc) - a few years. (Stans all ready)
4. Deciphering the metallurgy which is the biggest probelm for them (not many, if any, expertise available for this) - many years!! (Stans have pre existing metallurgy not to mention the foremost expertise in the Russian VHNIIT).
5. Raising the funds which could easily be more than a hundred Milllion if not more for all of the above and they have rasied Euro 2 Million?? Give me a break... (Stans has 28 Million in cash and do not need to spend for any of the above).
Stans, having all the above advtanges still takes about 3 to 4 years (from 2010) to be fully operational. You can thus see how long it will take all these 'new' discoveries to come on line.
Be confident people. Stans will not have any serious competition outside China for the next 15 to 20 years (especially for HREE).
GLTA
Simon Bond