Molycorp (MCP) Ticks Higher Following Project Phoenix Start-Up Plans

February 21, 2012 8:44 AM EST
Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) shares are moving higher early Tuesday following an announcement earlier it will begin the sequential start-up of the new Project Phoenix rare earth manufacturing facility at its flagship Mountain Pass, California operation this week.

Molycorp also confirmed that it remains on track to achieve its full Phase 1 annual production rate of 19,050 mt of rare earth oxide equivalent by the end of the third quarter of 2012. The Company’s achievement of Phase 1 production will come three months ahead of the original Dec. 31, 2012 deadline that was set when the project was launched in 2010.

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Shares are about 2.5 percent higher Tuesday.


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