Japan Eyes Rare Earth Deal with Myanmar
Source: Japan Times  (9/26/11)
"Japan attempts to diversify its supply chain for rare earth metals." More >

REE Price Growth Moderates as Supply Outlook Brightens
Source: The Australian, James Areddy  (9/24/11)
"Determining prices for rare earths is tricky because the market for them is illiquid. Some of the biggest buyers and sellers complain that they have little clarity on pricing." More >

Red Bull: The World's Most Informative Metal
Source: The Economist  (9/24/11)
"Copper has slumped to a ten-month low, but it is less sensitive to the ups and downs of rich world economies than it was." More >

Doug Casey: How to Prepare for "When Money Dies"
Source: Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report  (9/23/11)
If dollar-dumping turns from a trickle into a flood, look out. Exploding prices (aka exorbitant inflation) resulting from the devaluation of the dollar will compound the problems we saw in 2007–2009. Catastrophe will come when everybody realizes that the dollar is an "IOU nothing." That's the downside in the decade(s) ahead, according to Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey. But an optimist at heart, in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Doug also identifies some reasons to be hopeful. More >

Gold Continues Fourth-Wave Correction
Source: David Banister, MarketTrendForecast  (9/23/11)
"During fourth-wave consolidation periods, sentiment's influence calms and lets the economics catch up with price action." More >

Why We Know Gold Prices Are Headed Higher
Source: William Pantalon, Money Morning  (9/23/11)
"Powerful trends are in place to steady gold prices in the near term—and to send prices higher in the longer term." More >

Is This How Gold's Bull Market Ends?
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (9/23/11)
"The dollar and the yen are at the heart of this current slump." More >

How Long Might It Take to Get Rich from Gold Stocks?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (9/23/11)
"Make sure you invest in gold and not just gold stocks." More >

Gold Market Report
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/23/11)
"Gold prices fell to a seven-week low below $1,700 as world stock markets slumped and currencies continued to rally." More >

Gold and Silver Stocks Maintain Long-Term Support
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (9/23/11)
"Mining stocks' positive divergence from the general market remains intact after the Fed circus, and continues to strengthen." More >

What a Major Banking Crisis Would Do to the Gold Price
Source: Julian D.W. Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (9/23/11)
"More reform and fearful political shifts are needed. The worst still lies ahead." More >

Record Prices Spur Hunt for "Dumped" Gold
Source: Reuters, Ed Stoddard  (9/23/11)
"Most of South Africa's gold lies deep underground, but atop the mine dumps scattered around Johannesburg, you can actually walk on the stuff." More >

"King Cobra" May Scare Copper Miners After Zambia Vote Win
Source: Bloomberg, Brian Latham and Anthony Mukwita  (9/23/11)
"Michael Sata's victory in Zambia's presidential election may unsettle mining companies facing the prospect of higher taxes." More >

Gold Premium over Platinum Seen Rising to Record
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin  (9/23/11)
"Gold's premium to platinum, already the biggest in almost two decades, may surge to the highest on record in the next year." More >

Market Trends Remain in Place: Get Positioned!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (9/23/11)
"Why did almost every asset class sell off after the Fed's statement—and how do we position ourselves to profit?" More >

Billionaire Bogolyubov Sees Strong Manganese Demand in China
Source: Bloomberg, James Paton  (9/23/11)
"'As long as they produce steel, there will be demand for manganese,' he says." More >

Rare Earths Will Be Hot for Years to Come
Source: Wealth Daily, Ian Cooper  (9/23/11)
"I expect speculators to buy up all the available supply in attempts to resell at much higher prices. . ." More >

France to Help Kazakhstan Develop Rare Earths
Source: Reuters, Olga Orininskaya and Alison Birrane  (9/23/11)
"The Central Asian nation's state uranium miner Kazatomprom established a strategic partnership with the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres." More >

Gold and Silver Price Drops Deconstructed
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (9/23/11)
After gold took a 5.9% tumble for a Friday close of $1,639/oz. and silver dropped 15% for a $31/oz. close, we called some Gold Report contributors, all precious metals experts, to ask, "What happened?" and "What are some strategies smart investors can do to prepare for what might happen next?" Read their answers in this Special Report. More >

Banks' Gold Coin Sales Lose Sheen
Source: The Hindu, G. Naga Sridhar  (9/22/11)
"A significant part of banks' coin sales is driven by buyers who are now uneasy about the steep hike in the price." More >

Mining Stocks Hit Hard by Recession Fears
Source: The Globe and Mail, David Ebner  (9/22/11)
"Mining stocks are bearing the brunt of the market mauling." More >

Online Gold Buying Gets a Boost in India
Source: Mineweb, Shivom Seth  (9/22/11)
"In a bid to woo customers, store operators hope online gold buying will have customers flood the Internet drawn by huge discounts." More >

Private Sector Slowdown Heightens Recession Fears
Source: Reuters, Leah Schnurr  (9/22/11)
"Private sector business activity in Europe and China declined sharply this month." More >

Commodity Fundamentals Are Still Positive, But Macro Worries Overshadowing
Source: Kitco News, Debbie Carlson  (9/22/11)
"The macroeconomic worries about debt and slowing global growth are overshadowing the current tight supply and demand fundamentals of commodities." More >

Rare Earth Use Grows Rarer
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Tatyana Shumsky  (9/22/11)
"With prices for certain metals skyrocketing and supply interruptions threatening production, companies are scrambling to cut REE usage." More >