Bolivia Faces Struggle to Revitalize Image Among Mining Community
Source: Mining Weekly, Simon Rees  (10/22/12)
"Bolivia needs to attract foreign investment and know-how to continue developing vibrant, modern mining." More >

How The World Uses Rare Earth Metals: Infographic
Source: VoucherCloud  (10/22/12)
"Rare earth elements are crucial to maintaining our current economy, and crucial to developing a sustainable future." More >

Why REE Mining Will Never, Ever Be the Same
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy & Capital  (10/20/12)
"Just as new technology enabled explorers to liberate petroleum locked within the oil sands, so too will it unlock critical metals for centuries to come." More >

Gold's Fall Blamed on Speculative Sellers
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/19/12)
"Heading into the weekend, the gold price in dollars looks set for its second successive weekly fall, the first time this has happened since May." More >

The DOD's Bold Move Will Reward Rare Earths Investors: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (10/16/12)
The U.S. Department of Defense has made a bold move to support a North American rare earth element project, and it's made waves in the market. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jeb Handwerger, editor of Gold Stock Trades, explains what this means for investors and what companies may be the sector's next big success stories. More >

Copper Shenanigans from Beijing
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (10/15/12)
"According to the Beijing Antaike Information Development Co., copper consumption is expected to expand this year at the slowest rate since 1997." More >

How to Profit from the Imbalance in Platinum and Zinc Inventories: Matthew O'Keefe
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (10/12/12)
Now is the moment to take a hard look at the state of supply for zinc and platinum, says Matthew O'Keefe of Mackie Research Capital Corporation. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, O'Keefe explains how market fundamentals are about to pop up some serious game changers in this space. International demand for zinc and the platinum group metals is booming, but the global supply is about to seriously contract. Well-financed mining corporations will celebrate, while others miss the party. More >

Fluorspar: Critical Mineral, Burgeoning Canadian Industry
Source: Joel Chury, Resource World  (10/12/12)
"As colourful and translucent as a gemstone, fluorspar has so many practical uses that it's gained EU designation as a critical mineral." More >

Metals and Mining Stock Outlook
Source: Zacks Investment Research  (10/11/12)
"Lingering economic concerns, higher inflation expectations in many countries and the relentless Eurozone debt crisis will continue to drive gold prices this year." More >

Ken Chernin Shares Extraordinary Stories of Tungsten and Fluorspar
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (10/9/12)
Tungsten and fluorspar may sound like dry subjects, but Jennings Capital Analyst Ken Chernin makes them positively magical. In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, Chernin transports us from Morocco to the dazzling Newfoundland coast, to "Tungsten Town" in Northern Canada. Along the way, we'll meet visionary leaders who work miracles with project logistics, winning fiercely loyal talent in the process. The two critical materials parallel the rare earths investment thesis, but Chernin's picks are more than a bet on shifting Chinese policy—they are compelling stories involving a war metal-turned global growth staple. More >

Increasing Demands of the Alternative Energy Sector
Source: Nicole Engbert, Resource Investor  (10/8/12)
"There has been a growing focus within the Canadian mineral exploration industry toward supplying materials for the high-tech and alternative technology sectors." More >

The End of High-Grade Antimony Reserves in China—The Real Low Down
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (10/5/12)
"There has been a lot of hype about the state of Chinese antimony mining, but the facts are hard to find." More >

Luisa Moreno: Is It Time to Call a Bottom in Rare Earth Metals Markets?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (10/2/12)
The worst is over, postulates Luisa Moreno. But is modest appreciation in rare earth stocks a symptom of across-the-board improvement in equities, or have fundamentals in the space changed for the better? To tackle these questions, the Euro Pacific Canada analyst gets elbow-deep in metallurgical data. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Moreno lends her razor-sharp analysis to determine the frontrunners as metals prices stabilize. More >

Australian Rare Earth Players Jockey for Position
Source: ProEdge Wire, Robin Bromby  (10/2/12)
"Everyone is a potential winner when the starter's gun sounds but—by about halfway through the exploration-development equivalent of the 385-yard mark of the marathon—the field is very spread out." More >

Australian Rare Earth Players Jockey for Position
Source: ProEdge Wire, Robin Bromby  (10/2/12)
"Everyone is a potential winner when the starter's gun sounds but—by about halfway through the exploration-development equivalent of the 385-yard mark of the marathon—the field is very spread out." More >

Indonesia Digs Hole for Itself with New Mining Laws
Source: Reuters, Fergus Jensen and Neil Chatterjee  (10/1/12)
"The most dramatic effect of the new rules has been on mineral exports, which surged as companies fought to beat a May 6 export tax deadline and plunged thereafter." More >

Orbite to Milk Fly Ash for Rare Earth
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (9/26/12)
"Orbite Aluminae takes aim at fly ash with a process that can extract aluminum and rare earths from atypical sources--economically." More >

China Crackdown to Support Rare Earths Prices
Source: Reuters, Eric Onstad  (9/26/12)
"A crackdown on small, inefficient rare earth producers in China is likely to further restrict supply from the world's biggest producer of the minerals and support weak prices." More >

The Great Graphite Supply Shakeup: Simon Moores
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Critical Metals Report  (9/25/12)
Investors who remember the lithium boom (and bust) a few years ago may be twice shy to enter a space with big upside potential tied to electric vehicles. But the parallels between graphite and lithium are superficial, insists Simon Moores, analyst with Industrial Minerals. Graphite, unlike lithium, supplies layers of demand, with reliable end-users in the steel industry. Meanwhile, China's production lull is making way for market entrants. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Moores profiles graphite miners around the world competing for the market's attention. More >

Malaysia Court Puts Lynas Rare Earth Plant Licence on Hold
Source: Reuters, Siva Sithraputhran  (9/25/12)
"Activists and opponents of the controversial rare earth plant in Kuantan say the high court has put Lynas' temporary operating license on hold." More >

A TV as Thin as Saran Wrap Is Just the Beginning for These New Materials
Source: Michael A. Robinson, Money Morning  (9/24/12)
"Discovered in 2004, this graphene has turned the world on its ear. Since then, experts around the globe have heralded it as the hot new commodity that could change everything from satellites to semiconductors. But it's only a part of a larger story that includes other 'miracle metals.'" More >

Copper Hits 4.5-Month High as Bank of Japan Adds to Stimulus Rally
Source: Reuters, Melanie Burton  (9/19/12)
"Traders said the BOJ's move had boosted price expectations for metals, which tend to rise in value as paper currency depreciates, while the price rise also forced shorts to cover as trading in Europe began." More >

Research Gives Insight into Graphene-Metal Junctions
Source: R&D Daily  (9/19/12)
"A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have developed a better understanding of how graphene-metal interfaces affect the movement of electrons through two-terminal junctions." More >

The Astounding Rise of Western Rare Earth Extraction: Jack Lifton
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (9/18/12)
Got a rare earth deposit? Great. Got a mine? Even better. But do you have a processing plant? No? That could be a problem. The market doesn't understand how complex and expensive solid-phase rare earth extraction can be, but Metals Consultant Jack Lifton is here to put it into layman's terms in this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report. Lifton discusses processing innovations from North America, Germany and India that are changing the cost picture. He even names some companies that could see huge changes in their bottom lines in the coming years. More >

UAF Tapped to Research Rare Earth Minerals
Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner  (9/15/12)
"The UAF Minerals Industry Research Laboratory received a $297,000 contract to identify the best techniques for processing rare earth minerals, along with the best ways to handle waste rock." More >