RE: Competitiveness5 Jan 2026 14:32
I very rarely post on LSE forums, but I'm making an exception today for RBW because of the last article by Hallgarten & Co., 'Monthly Resources Review', from two days ago.
They refer to 'Yttrium' and what it means for RBW. Here's an excerpt:
"We have had Rainbow Rare Earths (AIM: RBW), the London-listed REE developer in our Model Resources
Portfolio (MRP) for some years now. We had been on the verge of kicking it out, lately, due to a feeling
that it was dragging its heels on getting Phalaborwa in South Africa going. Our logic is that one must get
ahead of the tsunami of REE projects or get drowned by it.
Then in recent times the company made a release about the project’s Yttrium attractions. They started
off by noting that, according to data from Argus Metals, the price of Yttrium oxide 99.999% CIF Europe
started the year at ~US$6/kg, but it had risen to current levels of between US$220/kg to US$320/kg (the
large spread is due to differing pricing contracts). This surge in pricing is due to the issues around export
of the metal from China further to the imposition of export controls in April which have led to major
supply chain disruption and shortages in the market.
Rainbow chose to highlight this as Yttrium is now included in the Phalaborwa resource and the project is expected to produce ~213 tonnes per annum of Yttrium oxide as part of the high-purity, mixed SEG+
(samarium, europium and gadolinium plus) product. It went on to state that the price surge has had a
material positive impact on Phalaborwa economics, with the “potential addition of +US$30mn to the
project’s EBITDA” at the current lower range of the European price, based on a conservative SEG+
payability of 70%.
So, Rainbow lives to fight another day as a LONG position in the MRP with a 12-month target price of
GBP£0.30.
On a final (bizarre) note we might mention we saw on linkedin mention that Adonis Pouroulis had “gone
into space”. No comment."
My Comment: I've been a long-term holder of RBW since the days of 10p, and I'll remain so even above 20p.
I mostly keep my investments active on ASX forums, but today I wish all RBW investors a happy, prosperous, and especially profitable New Year 2026.
Good luck all here from Germany.
see: https://hallgartenco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Portfolio_December2025.pdf