Molycorp ramping up rare earths plant

Feb 21, 2012 | 01:31 PM | Thorsten Schier

Tags  Molycorp, rare earths, sequential startup, Mark Smith, Mountain Pass, Project Phoenix, Thorsten Schier

NEW YORK — Molycorp Inc. said it will start up a newly constructed rare earths processing plant at its Mountain Pass, Calif., operation this week.

"The launch of Project Phoenix’s sequential start-up is occurring well ahead of our April 1 deadline, and represents the accomplishment of a critical milestone in our project," president and chief....





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