Billionaire Bogolyubov Sees Strong Manganese Demand in China
Source: Bloomberg, James Paton  (9/23/11)
"'As long as they produce steel, there will be demand for manganese,' he says." More >

Rare Earths Will Be Hot for Years to Come
Source: Wealth Daily, Ian Cooper  (9/23/11)
"I expect speculators to buy up all the available supply in attempts to resell at much higher prices. . ." More >

France to Help Kazakhstan Develop Rare Earths
Source: Reuters, Olga Orininskaya and Alison Birrane  (9/23/11)
"The Central Asian nation's state uranium miner Kazatomprom established a strategic partnership with the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres." More >

Gold and Silver Price Drops Deconstructed
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (9/23/11)
After gold took a 5.9% tumble for a Friday close of $1,639/oz. and silver dropped 15% for a $31/oz. close, we called some Gold Report contributors, all precious metals experts, to ask, "What happened?" and "What are some strategies smart investors can do to prepare for what might happen next?" Read their answers in this Special Report. More >

Banks' Gold Coin Sales Lose Sheen
Source: The Hindu, G. Naga Sridhar  (9/22/11)
"A significant part of banks' coin sales is driven by buyers who are now uneasy about the steep hike in the price." More >

Mining Stocks Hit Hard by Recession Fears
Source: The Globe and Mail, David Ebner  (9/22/11)
"Mining stocks are bearing the brunt of the market mauling." More >

Online Gold Buying Gets a Boost in India
Source: Mineweb, Shivom Seth  (9/22/11)
"In a bid to woo customers, store operators hope online gold buying will have customers flood the Internet drawn by huge discounts." More >

Private Sector Slowdown Heightens Recession Fears
Source: Reuters, Leah Schnurr  (9/22/11)
"Private sector business activity in Europe and China declined sharply this month." More >

Commodity Fundamentals Are Still Positive, But Macro Worries Overshadowing
Source: Kitco News, Debbie Carlson  (9/22/11)
"The macroeconomic worries about debt and slowing global growth are overshadowing the current tight supply and demand fundamentals of commodities." More >

Rare Earth Use Grows Rarer
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Tatyana Shumsky  (9/22/11)
"With prices for certain metals skyrocketing and supply interruptions threatening production, companies are scrambling to cut REE usage." More >

Brien Lundin: Long-Term Resource Investing Tips
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/21/11)
Downgrades for U.S. debt, austerity programs across Europe and political uncertainty all point to a continued uptrend in gold prices according to Brien Lundin, publisher and editor of Gold Newsletter. For long-term investors, Brien Lundin says in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, small-cap, precious metals equities are one place to take advantage of the coming upward gold price trend. More >

Australia to Launch Gold Exchange
Source: Reuters  (9/21/11)
"Australia's first physical bullion exchange, an over-the-counter spot market for gold, silver and platinum will begin operations next month." More >

Venezuela Publishes Law Nationalizing Gold
Source: AFP  (9/21/11)
"Chavez' new policies require foreign mining firms to enter into partnerships with the state." More >

Central Vietnam Bank Licenses New Gold Imports
Source: Tuoi Tre  (9/21/11)
"The State Bank of Vietnam licensed 10 banks and gold trading companies to import a total of four tons of gold." More >

Mainland Ranks 6th in Gold Holdings
Source: Sina.com  (9/21/11)
"The Chinese mainland had 1,054.1 Mt. of gold holdings in September." More >

Gold ETFs Shine, Silver ETFs Shine Brighter
Source: Seeking Alpha, Commodity HQ  (9/21/11)
"Gold and silver continue to trend back and forth as equities ping pong around a number of issues." More >

Another Way to Buy Gold
Source: MarketWatch, John Nyaradi  (9/21/11)
"Funds tracking gold miners stocks could offer a profitable way to participate in gold's rally." More >

LBMA Delegates See Gold Above $2,000/oz. by November 2012
Source: Kitco, Allen Sykora  (9/21/11)
"The LBMA polled the audience using an electronic system both at the end and start of the two-day event." More >

Escape Velocity
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (9/21/11)
"It's not too late to get set at base levels in an ongoing bull market." More >

What Future U.S. Monetary Policy Means for Gold Prices
Source: Sam Kirtley  (9/21/11)
"This week will most likely be a game changer for the gold market, an inflection point which will be paramount to determining price direction over the coming months." More >

How Far Can Gold and Silver Climb?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (9/21/11)
"The masses will look for a store of value against a plunging loss of purchasing power: enter gold and silver." More >

Liquidity Crisis? A Currency Perspective
Source: Axel Merk, Merk Funds  (9/21/11)
"While complaining about policy makers and bankers may generate animated water cooler discussions, let's take their human (and fallible) nature as a given and discuss implications for investors." More >

Perfect Storm Creates Tidal Wave of Gold Demand
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (9/21/11)
"India may be the world's largest gold market, but in China, gold buying has become so significant that the country has become the fastest-growing market for gold jewelry in the world." More >

Gold Market Report
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/21/11)
"In recent weeks, every time the gold price has approached $1,760 'physical demand was large enough to take gold higher.'" More >

The Next Selling Wave Is About to Begin
Source: Toby Connor, GoldScents  (9/21/11)
"The bottom line is operation twist will be a miserable failure just like QE1 and QE2." More >