Indian PM Jewelry Exports Zoom
Source: Commodity Online  (6/16/11)
"India's gold and silver jewelry exports jumped by over 50% last month." More >

Zambia's Copper Boom Helps Development
Source: Associated Press  (6/16/11)
"The country has been able to cut inflation, increase growth rate." More >

Aussie Miners Blast Queensland Farming Plan
Source: Courier Mail, John McCarthy  (6/16/11)
"Queensland Resources Council-commissioned study finds strategic cropping land policy unreliable." More >

Copper Exploration Hot Spots
Source: Resource Investing News, Leia Toovey  (6/16/11)
"Explorers have been scouring BC, looking for new copper deposits." More >

Is Chinese Manganese Supply Shrinking?
Source: Manganese Investing News, Michael Montgomery  (6/16/11)
"China may lose 500–700 Kt./year of metal capacity in a few years." More >

Gold & Silver: Waiting for August
Source: Jason Hamlin, Gold Stock Bull   (6/15/11)
"Junior miners will play an explosive game of catch-up at year-end." More >

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Rick Rule & Brent Cook: Gold Correction to Bring Pawnbroker Paradise
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (6/15/11)
Dreams of success seldom come true in the risky junior exploration sector but, assuming great success, investors have driven gold stock prices up into multiples of their true value. Judging from what they tell The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, that's how Global Resource Investors Founder Rick Rule and Exploration Insights Author Brent Cook see it. With so many stocks overvalued, they foresee a waterfall-style correction that will create what Rick might call a pawnbroker's paradise—a perfect scenario for investors who know when to take profits and when to buy back in. More >

Gold Flash: Eurozone Now Buying
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault   (6/15/11)
"European central banks are not selling gold—they're buying it." More >

Investing in Gold and Silver
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/15/11)
". . .during inflation, stagflation and deflation?" More >

Gold, Silver Prices Rebound
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (6/15/11)
"As Greece erupts in debt-related protest, nervous investors seek safe havens." More >

Copper May Fall on Chinese Inflation Curbs
Source: Bloomberg  (6/15/11)
"Chinese inflation has topped the government's 4% target each month this year." More >

Is It Time to Dig for Gold with Miners?
Source: NASDAQ  (6/15/11)
"The GDX will go higher, but don't expect a smooth ride." More >

Implications for Investors of the Dramatically Increasing Chinese Virtual Demand for Rare Earths
Source: Jack Lifton, Technology Metals Research  (6/15/11)
"By 2015 at the latest, there will be virtually no heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) available outside of Chinese control." More >

PG&E Sees Surge in Copper Wire Theft
Source: Contra Costa Times, Paul Burgarino  (6/14/11)
"PG&E has already lost $133,000 this year through mid May." More >

Richard Karn: 50 Specialty Metals Under Supply Threat
Source: Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report   (6/14/11)
The Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned 4-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, we caught up with ETR Managing Editor Richard Karn shortly after he delivered the keynote address to the 2011 Energy and Resource Symposium for an update on the specialty metals market down under. More >

China Under WTO Scrutiny for Export Curbs
Source: Reuters  (6/14/11)
"Upcoming ruling will bolster European plans to challenge other curbs by Beijing." More >

Australian Resource Investment to Surge
Source: Mining Weekly, Esmarie Swanepoel  (6/14/11)
"Mining set to soar as Chinese demand approaches Australia's doorstep." More >

WGC Sees Strong Q211 Gold Demand
Source: Reuters  (6/14/11)
"Asian demand for bars and coins and jewellery underpins the market." More >

Sarkozy Demands Commodities Crackdown
Source: Reuters  (6/14/11)
"U.S. CFTC says the French president 'got it exactly right.'" More >

Midas Fund Touches on Lagging Mining Shares
Source: Kitco, Debbie Carlson  (6/14/11)
"Is this a new normal, or is the market discounting the future price of gold? More >

Libya's Gaddafi: Heavy with Gold, Light on Cash and Time
Source: Bloomberg  (6/14/11)
"Regime is likely to crumble within weeks; 155 tons of gold bars can't easily buy supplies." More >

Tanzanian Lawmakers Approve Super-Profit Tax
Source: Bloomberg, David Malingha Doya  (6/14/11)
"IMF backs an additional levy on mining projects with 'particularly high' returns." More >

Sprott: Dive in Silver Price a Setup
Source: Silver Investing News, Damon van der Linde  (6/14/11)
"In my heart of hearts I believe it was a manipulation." More >

Glass Artists Caught in 'Rare Earth' Bind
Source: Seattle Times, Jessie Van Berkel  (6/13/11)
"Glass artists are collateral damage in international REE struggle." More >

Why There's No Bubble in Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/13/11)
"Miners are languishing, but this anomaly may not last much longer." More >