Congo Investigates Suspected Gold Smugglers
Source: Bloomberg, Michael Kavanagh  (2/14/11)
"The suspected smugglers are citizens of the U.S., Nigeria and France." More >

Current Silver Move Not Like the Others
Source: Gene Arensberg, Got Gold Report  (2/14/11)
"Backwardation and tightening contango show very heavy immediate demand." More >

Read more Streetwise Exclusives. . .
Source: The Gold Report  (2/14/11)
including Brien Lundin's recent interview, Look to History to Profit from Gold. More >

Peter Grandich: Gold, the Mother of All Bull Markets
Source: George Mack of The Gold Report  (2/11/11)
Market commentator and investor Peter Grandich of Grandich.com and Grandich Publications tells The Gold Report that certain plays on surging demand and looming commodity shortages are no-brainers for investors, and he shares a few ideas on how to profit from these conditions. He's bullish on China and on base—and especially—precious metals, energy, food and water. Gold and silver are still his big plays. More >

Monetary Inflation, Supply Concerns Drive Commodities More than Demand
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Commodities  (2/11/11)
"Commodity bull markets are primarily driven by monetary factors." More >

Gold Miners Index May Be Warning Us
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy   (2/11/11)
"The charts are still pointing to lower prices in the coming days or weeks." More >

Fiat World: Uprising and Down Falling
Source: James West, Midas Letter  (2/11/11)
"What has changed fundamentally to justify $2 billion in redemptions of GLD?" More >

Escaping the Great Depression, and Extending the Greater Depression
Source: Doug Casey, The Casey Report  (2/11/11)
"The Greater Depression, still in its early stages, will be nasty indeed." More >

The What and Why of Rare Earth Metals
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (2/10/11)
"Estimates show global demand is expected to reach 205,000 tons by 2015" More >

China Throws Rare Earths for Another Loop
Source: Motley Fool, Travis Hoium  (2/10/11)
"Dubious plans?" More >

CFTC Doesn't Have Budget to Enforce Dodd-Frank
Source: Bloomberg, Silla Brush  (2/10/11)
"CFTC is requesting a $92M budget increase for the current fiscal year." More >

SA Mining Output Up After Two Yeas of Decline
Source: Mining Weekly, Loni Prinsloo  (2/10/11)
"Report showed a 6.5% jump in yearly output." More >

Scotiabank to Sell Gold in Mexico, Dubai
Source: Bloomberg, Sean Pasternak  (2/10/11)
"The bank's total revenue from precious-metals trading was $245M last year." More >

SEC Probes Insider Trades with ETF Investigation
Source: MarketWatch, John Spence  (2/10/11)
"SEC suspects traders are using exchange-traded funds to conceal insider trading." More >

Scottish Gold Rush?
Source: The Daily Record, John Ferguson  (2/10/11)
"Prospectors revealed they have found a new deposit in the Highlands." More >

Despite Mexico's Silver Output Growth, Peru Still #1 in Silver
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (2/10/11)
"Nation's silver production increased to 9,745,435 ounces in 2010." More >

Spring Festival Boosts Gold Demand
Source: CNTV  (2/10/11)
"The Chinese New Year festive period has boosted demand." More >

Pricing the World in Gold: 4 Charts
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (2/10/11)
"Gold is worth less than one-quarter of what it was in the early 1980s." More >

Illegal Gold Mining Site Raided in Riau
Source: The Jakarta Post  (2/10/11)
"Police raided an illegal gold mining site, confiscating 15 grams of gold." More >

All That Glisters Is Not Gold
Source: Engineer Live  (2/10/11)
"X-ray fluorescence analyzers perform instant alloy identification." More >

Taylor MacDonald: The Perfect Storm for Gold
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report  (2/9/11)
"When you sidecar the dollar breakdown with quantitative easing," says Taylor MacDonald of Pathfinder Asset Management Ltd., "you essentially have a perfect storm forming for gold." Find out why Taylor expects the junior mining space to shine even brighter in 2011 in this exclusive interview withThe Gold Report. More >

Fairtrade Gold Hits British Jewelry Markets
Source: The Independent  (2/9/11)
"New standard aims to boost livelihoods of artisanal miners." More >

China May Increase Gold Reserves Beyond Fort Knox Level
Source: Mining Weekly, Martin Creamer  (2/9/11)
"China's central bank advised to increase gold holdings nearly tenfold." More >

Gold, Silver Prices Take a Break
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (2/9/11)
"Technical trading drove the metals through key resistance areas." More >

GATA Credited for Exposing Gold/Silver Market Manipulation
Source: GATA  (2/9/11)
"It was evident that the CFTC was trying to ignore what was going on." More >