Copper Kills 97% of Hospital ICU Bacteria
Source: Reuters, Chris Kelly  (7/5/11)
"Replacing the most heavily contaminated touch surfaces in ICUs with antimicrobial copper could save 100,00 lives each year." More >

QE2's End Portends Rocky Ride for Gold Rally
Source: Reuters, Frank Tang  (7/5/11)
"Gold is likely to rally if the central bank reintroduces QE3, called for by President Obama." More >

Chinese News Report Tips Rate Hike
Source: Mineweb, China Bureau  (7/5/11)
"China's monetary policy committee's quarterly meeting stressed that inflation pressures remain high." More >

Gold Nanoparticles Improve Cancer Treatment
Source: Nanowerk, University of Southampton  (7/5/11)
"'Smart' gold nanomaterials can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumors." More >

Precious Platinum Poised to Shine
Source: Money Show, Igor Greenwald  (7/5/11)
"Right now, platinum is not getting the respect it deserves. Expect that to change." More >

The Downside in Gold Is Limited
Source: Sam Kirtley   (7/5/11)
"Investments made during summer doldrums can bring fantastic returns. . ." More >

Gold, Silver Stocks Form Positive Divergence
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold   (7/5/11)
"Significant bottom likely in and gold-share risk is much smaller than months ago." More >

Rare Earth ETF Jumps
Source: Barron's, Murray Coleman  (6/30/11)
". . .as plans to break China's stranglehold suffer setback." More >

Digging for Value in Rare Earth Hysteria
Source: Globe and Mail, Richard Blackwell  (6/30/11)
"For the right investor, there still are opportunities for real value." More >

Cell Phones and Conflict-Free Minerals
Source: GoMo News, Tony Dennis  (6/30/11)
"Are genuinely conflict-free smart phones possible?" More >

Bill Murphy on Gold Suppression, Part I
Source: Kevin Michael Grace  (6/30/11)
"U.S. government suppression of gold is why it hasn't kept up with inflation and why interest rates have remained low." More >

Gold Price Outlook
Source: Tony Parry, Resource Capital Research   (6/30/11)
"The Eurozone debt crisis could be the key to ignite further investment demand." More >

Doug Groh: Will Gold Benefit from the European Debt Crises?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/29/11)
In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Doug Groh, senior analyst with Tocqueville Asset Management, likens the gold price to a mirror that reflects peoples' concerns about global economic and political events. And he likes what he sees in the long-term prospects for gold equities. More >

Deflation by Dictatorship
Source: Clif Droke   (6/29/11)
"Will the end of QE2 produce a deflationary global shock?" More >

United States of Denial
Source: James West, Midas Letter   (6/29/11)
"Let's tally up the state of financial affairs in the United States of Delusion." More >

Discussing Gold Equities with Squawk Box
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors   (6/29/11)
"Dividend-paying gold companies will drive gold equity prices higher." More >

Brazil Set to Battle China over African Copper
Source: Bloomberg, Tara Lachapelle and Rita Nazareth  (6/29/11)
"The nations view themselves in 'direct competition' for strategic resources." More >

Platinum Supply Threatened by S.A. Policies
Source: Mining Weekly, Loni Prinsloo  (6/29/11)
"The proposed indigenization policy requires 51% of all investments to be in the hands of locals." More >

Congo Police Foil Mining Depot Raid
Source: Reuters, Jonny Hogg  (6/29/11)
"Ten armed thieves tried to break into Lubumbashi's Volcano Mining depot." More >

China Opens First Rare and PM Metals Exchange
Source: Commodity Online  (6/29/11)
"The exchange may solve long-term problems in China's PM industry, such as high logistics costs and lack of capital." More >

No $2,000 Gold Without QE3
Source: Forbes, Steve Schaefer  (6/29/11)
"According to Merrill Lynch, the gold bugs may be in for some disappointment." More >

Investors Around the World Eye QE2 Expiration
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/29/11)
"There's a whole flotilla of Black Swans straight ahead." More >

Global In-Use Stocks of REEs
Source: PhysOrg  (6/29/11)
"If recycled, REEs within products would equal over 10 years of production." More >

Japan's May REE Imports from China Down
Source: Reuters  (6/29/11)
"Surging metal prices drove the month-over-month import decline." More >

Jim Powell: Meeting the Critical Metals Demand
Source: Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report   (6/28/11)
Is there a clear path to meeting growing global critical metals demand? An important first step, according to Laurentian Bank Securities' Technology and Strategic Metals Analyst Jim Powell, would be to establish supply sources that aren't concentrated in a single country—particularly one that isn't inclined to share its resources with the rest of the world. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jim points out some potential plays to look for while the landscape is changing. More >