Molycorp suit vs. contractor claims designs unsafe

Nov 06, 2012 | 09:25 AM | Samuel Frizell

Tags  Molycorp Minerals, Molycorp, M&K Chemical Engineering Consultants, rare earths, Project Phoenix, lawsuit, Samuel Frizell

NEW YORK — Rare earths miner Molycorp Minerals LLC has filed a lawsuit against M&K Chemical Engineering Consultants Inc. for allegedly violating contractual obligations to help expand Molycorp’s flagship mine.

M&K Chemical Engineering is one of 15 chemical engineering contractors helping Molycorp develop a new facility, dubbed "Project Phoenix," that will produce nine additional rare earths at the Mountain Pass, Calif., mine by late 2012.....





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