RUSSIA WTO MEMBERSHIP LOOMS AFTER GEORGIA DEAL SECURED
November 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL and KATHERINE DUNN
THE TECHNICAL director of European Industrial Minerals Association IMA-Europe has warned that the impending accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may not be a bonanza for European bulk mineral importers, although it could help buyers of high value minerals.
Russia is a potential source of rare earths such as tantalum, niobium, zirconium, lanthanum and cerium, and with if China imposed tougher export restrictions on its rare earth deposits, then these reserves could become increasingly valuable. Tariffs and ...
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