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E•BOOM CAPITAL: Lighting Science LEDs...Coming to a Box Store Near You

By Terry McDonald on January 26, 2011

I have been wary about profiling bulletin board-listed Lighting Science Group Corp. (OTC: LSCG.OB), a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting manufacturer/marketer:

On the one hand, the company’s one-year 700 percent stock increase seems justified by its impressive 2010 revenue growth based on what the company claims are the most efficient and cheapest LED products on the market.
On the other hand, the company’s net losses have been erratic and larger than revenues. And a bulletin board listing always saps a certain amount of confidence.

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Molycorp Shares Bounce Up on Announcement of Mine Expansion and Financing

By Terry McDonald on January 25, 2011

Tags: Molycorp Inc., Resource Capital Funds, The Traxys Group, USD, Molycorp, California, Filnance, finance

Shares of California rare earth elements (REEs) miner Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) were trading up early today after Monday’s nine percent jump. All this in the face of today being the first day that insiders are able to sell their shares (53.125 million) purchased in the company’s initial public offering (total offering 82.29 million) in late July 2010.

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Crunch Time for Molycorp Share Price Valuation

By Terry McDonald on January 24, 2011

Directors, executive officers and other insiders of Molycorp, Inc., (NYSE: MCP) get their first opportunity tomorrow to sell their shares in the company since its initial public offering (IPO) in late July.

Molycorp is the cornerstone of the U.S. effort to gain a foothold in the production of rare earth elements (REEs), critical ingredients in wind turbines, electric vehicles, thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar system and high-efficiency lighting.

E•BOOM CAPITAL: 2010 is the Year of the REE Companies

By Terry McDonald on December 30, 2010

Tags: Yes, Avalon Rare Metals Inc., China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Focus Metals Inc., Iluka Resources Limited, Kenmare Resources plc, Lynas Corporation Limited, MCP, Molycorp Inc., Osaka Titanium Technologies Co. Ltd., Rare Element Resources Ltd., REMX, Shen Zhou Mining Resources Inc., The New York Times, Titanium Metals Corporation, YTD Neo Material Technologies, YTD Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., China, United States, USD, Avalon Rare Metals, China Molybdenum, China Shen Zhou, critical materials, Focus Metals Inc., Iluka Resources, Kenmare Resources, Lynas, Market Vectors Rare Earth, Molycorp, Neo Material Technologies, Osaka Titanium Technologies, rare earths, Rare Element Resources, REEs, Thompson Creek Metals, Titanium Metals, California, Chinese government, Department of Energy, energy, Finance, Isaac Brekken, semiconductors

This will be known as the year a small group of companies exploring for “rare earth elements”, known in the red-hot niche sector as REEs, dramatically outperformed all other clean tech and energy efficiency companies, as well as all other sectors of the stock markets.

Shares of several companies pursing REEs, which are critical ingredients in wind turbines, electric vehicles, thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar system and high-efficiency lighting, have increased more than two or three times in 2010. Examples: Molycorp, Inc., (NYSE: MCP) +394 percent, Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX: LYC.AX) +260 percent, Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (TSE: AVL.TO) (AMEX: AVL) +125 percent , Rare Element Resources Ltd. (AMEX: REE) (CVE: RES.V) +361 percent, China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Inc. (AMEX: SHZ) +1200 percent; and penny stock Focus Metals Inc. (CDNX: FMS.V) +232%.