Urban Mining is a general term for the utilization of secondary resources to recover valuable mineral and metal contents.

On June 14th -16th , the 2012 Shanghai International Quartz Materials Expo (AM China), in cooperation with the 2012 China Advanced Materials Industry Development Forum and the 4th Shanghai International Wear-Resistant Materials and Industrial Ceramics Expo opened its gate at the Intex Convention Center Shanghai.

Metal Events and Roskill will be holding its 8th International Rare Earths Conference in Hong Kong in 2012.

In March 2012 ANZAPLAN’s competence in the field of Rietveld analysis was attested and monitored through passing the accreditation by the “Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle” DAkkS.

ANZAPLAN is officially requested to present two major topics “New developments in high purity quartz for the solar silicon market” and “Advanced Quartz Qualities - Markets and Applications” at the Silica Arabia International Conference in Jeddah (March 12th to 14th 2012).

A new white paper on Anzaplan’s services in REE Project Development is available for download.

Industrial Minerals January 2012 Issue features an article titled ‘Quartz in the spotlight’.

ANZAPLAN has long standing experience in X-ray analysis and was one of the first laboratories in Germany to use both X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction analysis to answer the most intricate questions of our demanding customers from the raw material, glass and ceramics industry. Previously a quantification of mineralogical phases was only possible by a combination of both methods which required time-consuming calibration and sample preparation and made prompt results impossible.

Rare earths supplier Lynas Corporation faces delays for the planned Malaysian plant and will now come on line during the first half of 2012.

To be up to speed ANZAPLAN follows with great interest the developments in the Rare Earth sector.