USGS Warns of Rising REE Demand
Source: UPI  (6/6/11)
"Demand for rare earth metals is increasing 8% per year." More >

Sweet Spot for Rare Earth Stocks
Source: Forbes, Tom Aspray  (6/6/11)
"There may be a good buying opportunity presented this month." More >

Gold Rush: From Everywhere to Everyware
Source: MetalMiner, Nate Burgos  (6/3/11)
"In the digital realm, it's just faster, simpler, cheaper." More >

Downturn in China Would Slam Commodity Prices
Source: Reuters  (6/2/11)
"While a severe downturn is unlikely, China's growth could slow more markedly at some point." More >

Goldman Sachs and Its Rare Earth Rigmarole
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (5/31/11)
"As Al Jolson said, 'Folks you ain't seen nothing yet.'" More >

Saskatchewan Eyes $43B Expansion
Source: Leader-Post, Bruce Johnstone  (5/31/11)
"The region's robust potash, uranium and precious metals sectors are poised to benefit." More >

Palladium Rising on Coming Shortage
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin and Maria Kolesnikova  (5/31/11)
"The long-term story is excellent. . ." More >

Metals Recycling Falls Short
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, Jyllian Kemsley  (5/31/11)
"Over 50% of the metals surveyed are recycled at rates of less than 1%." More >

Copper Climbs to Three-Week High
Source: Bloomberg, Yi Tian and Agnieszka Troszkiewicz  (5/31/11)
"Investors optimistic, embrace risk on potential for more Greece aid." More >

Metals Put the 'Fuel' in Biofuels
Source: R&D  (5/27/11)
"Scientists are increasingly using platinum and platinum-molybdenum hybrid." More >

David Skarica: Emerging Markets on Upswing
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (5/27/11)
Gold is in the midst of a 20-year upward climb, according to The Great Super Cycle Author David Skarica. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he points out the emerging market small caps that could profit from global economic swings. More >

Chinese Rare Earth Prices Soar
Source: Financial Times, Leslie Hook  (5/26/11)
"Gravity-defying leap in the price of Chinese REEs triggers global supply fears." More >

A Tool to Find Gold, Oil and Terrorists
Source: Gold Investing News, Leia Toovey  (5/26/11)
"Hyperspectral imaging is well developed for mineral exploration." More >

Small-Time Investors Flock to Commodities in India
Source: Commodity Online  (5/26/11)
"Persistently high commodity prices have increased investors interest." More >

Commodities Still Going Strong Despite Barclays Selloff
Source: Kitco, Cecylia Tulikowski-Denison  (5/26/11)
"The volatility in the commodity market has not deterred investors." More >

Critical Metals: Investing at a Crossroad
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (5/25/11)
Shifting technology, energy and defense needs along with volatile global economic and political pressures are changing the supply and demand equation for rare earth and strategic metals, opening opportunities that didn't exist a few years ago. More >

Mining Firms Look to IT in 2011
Source: Mining Weekly  (5/25/11)
"Expanding companies are likely to invest in technologies that get them up-and-running more easily in remote locations." More >

Montana Mining Fortune Heiress Dies in NYC at 104
Source: Bloomberg, Verena Dobnik  (5/25/11)
"Daughter of copper tycoon and Montana Senator William Clark, Huguette Clark passed away, leaving her fortune under dispute." More >

S.A. Mine Wage Negotiations Begin
Source: The New Age  (5/23/11)
"S. Africa's National Union of Mineworkers demands a 14% basic wage increase." More >

Low China Imports, Strong Dollar Pressure Copper
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Tatyana Shumsky  (5/23/11)
"Many factories are relying on 'hand-to-mouth' purchases to feed production lines." More >

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Kevin Puil: Copper Stocks Gleaming in Gold's Glow
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report  (5/20/11)
Blinded by the glare of gold's rocketing rise over the last several years, investors may want to follow the leads of the Barricks, Thompson Creek Metals, Goldcorps and other major miners targeting the copper space, according to Kevin Puil, portfolio manager at Malcolm H. Gissen & Associates and senior analyst for its Encompass Fund. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Kevin tells us that major gold miners increasingly want to diversify and are turning to the red metal on the opposite end of the economic spectrum. More >

China Tightens Rare Earth Rules
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Yajun Zhang  (5/19/11)
"China to impose quotas on ferroalloys with more than 10% REEs Friday." More >

Copper's Talking Infrastructure
Source: Richard Mills, AheadOfTheHerd   (5/19/11)
"There's still time for investors to capitalize on the coming infrastructure boom." More >

Base Metals Recover on Global Cues
Source: Business Standard  (5/18/11)
"Industrial metals rebounded from Tuesday's losses, supported by weakening dollar coupled with improved demand from China." More >

Commodities Advance
Source: Bloomberg, Kim Kyoungwha and Glenys Sim  (5/18/11)
"The outlook for increased demand from emerging markets prompted speculation that this month's decline was excessive." More >