China's Robotics May Boost Rare Earths, Precious Metals
Source: Commodity Online, Sreekumar Raghavan  (8/5/11)
"As miners re-opening closed rare earth facilities around the world, technological developments point to a revolution in the sector." More >

Emerging World Buys Billions in Gold as West Wobbles
Source: The Namibian, Amanda Cooper  (8/5/11)
"Emerging market central banks have bought 180 tons of gold in 2011, more than double the 73 tons purchased by central banks globally in the whole of 2010." More >

Morgan Stanley Raises Gold and Silver Forecasts
Source: Professional Advisor, Heidi Lee  (8/5/11)
"Morgan Stanley has revised up its 2011 forecast for gold and silver prices by 8% and 15%, respectively." More >

Compromise, D.C.-Style
Source: Vedran Vuk, Casey Research  (8/5/11)
"Washington compromises have been and will continue to be the death knell of the U.S. economy, and particularly the free market." More >

Nebraskan Village Hides World's Largest REE Mineral Deposits
Source: geek.com, Matthew Humphries  (8/5/11)
"Initial discovery drilling has returned positive results for a rich vein of niobium, used in steel production, superalloys, and superconducting magnets to name a few uses." More >

REE Discoveries Show Promise for Brain Cancer Treatment
Source: InvestorSport, T. Goodman  (8/5/11)
"Natural metals are proving very effective identifiers of diseased tissue and are even used as treatment carriers in nanotherapies." More >

China's REE Industry Coming under Greater Environmental Scrutiny
Source: EcoSeed  (8/5/11)
"Local environmental departments will not approve evaluation reports for new projects by companies that cheat or do not pass the checks." More >

Rare Earths 2.0: Rise of the Heavies
Source: Resource Investor, Terence van der Hout  (8/5/11)
"The export prices of three HREEs have exploded since China's July quota announcement, whilst the LREEs have remained relatively static." More >

Gold, Medicare and Foreigners' Money
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/4/11)
"Forty years ago this month the dollar lost its link to gold. The result was a growth in entitlement spending." More >

XGD Update: Very Promising
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (8/3/11)
"When long consolidations finally break to the upside, the move is usually explosive."
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James West: Time to Buy Battered Juniors
Source: The Gold Report  (8/3/11)
Move into gold and silver was the advice James West, founder of the Midas Letter Opportunity Fund, gave Midas Letter subscribers in June. He recommended moving from the junior stock market to 100% gold, silver and precious metals funds backed by bullion. For a while it looked like a bad call. But as markets tanked, gold and silver soared, and it turned out to be a smart strategy. Now might be a good time to sell the metals and get back into the juniors, he says. More >

Gold and the QE3 Ship: Are Both About to Sail?
Source: David Banister, Market Trend Forecast   (8/3/11)
"With the ISM manufacturing index turning down and the GDP report rolling over, a QE3 ship horn is likely to sound soon." More >

The 2011 Gold Season Is Just Around the Corner
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (8/3/11)
"While the Fear Trade governed gold's activity this week, the Love Trade should keep the market buoyant as festival season approaches." More >

Five Things You Need to Know About the Economy
Source: David Galland, Casey Research   (8/3/11)
"Anything tangible will help offset the coming inflation—gold and silver will likely do better than most." More >

Gold Accelerates; Equities Enter Cyclical Bear Market
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (8/3/11)
"We've said all along that before gold begins a bubble, equities must peak and begin a mild bear market. That is now happening." More >

Gold Market Report
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/3/11)
"Gold sets dollar, pound and euro records; 'growing risk' of Eurozone credit crunch." More >

Gold Prices Spike as Recession Worries Spread
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (8/3/11)
"Gold prices were soaring as worries that governments won't be able to grow their way out of debt caused a rush into the safe-haven asset." More >

Gold ETFs Haul in $3.5B
Source: Reuters  (8/3/11)
"Investors who were nervous about the looming debt ceiling showdown poured $3.5B into ETFs that own gold last month." More >

Structural Change in Gold, Silver and Currency Markets
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster   (8/3/11)
"We have to face the stark reality that the currency system we now live under globally cannot provide a true measure of value."
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China Minmetals Calls for REE Production Suspension
Source: Reuters, David Stanway and Ruby Lian  (8/3/11)
"State-owned trader Minmetals has called on all firms in the REE sector to adhere to a national output quota by suspending production." More >

China Minmetals calls for rare earth production suspension
Source: Reuters, David Stanway and Ruby Lian  (8/3/11)
"State-owned trader Minmetals has called on all firms in the rare earth sector to adhere to a national output quota by suspending production starting from the beginning of August." More >

Field Notes: National Interest REE Projects Being Fast Tracked
Source: Jeb Handwerger, special to The Critical Metals Report   (8/2/11)
"What do you get when you put a professor, a fisherman and a creative Wall Street journalist together? Answer: science fiction, fishy stories and IPOs trying to sell the latest version of snake oil to unsuspecting investors." More >

Jon Hykawy: Offtake Agreements Rule REE Market
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (8/2/11)
End-users are emerging as key players in the rare earth space. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jon Hykawy, head of Global Research with Toronto-based Byron Capital, shares his views on where this trend is headed and what it means for REE producers who don't have offtake agreements in place. More >

SA Mining Unions End Strike but Reject Platinum Miner's Offer
Source: Mineweb, Lawrence Williams  (8/2/11)
"The wage increases are below union demand but higher than mining companies' original offer." More >

South Korea Buys Gold for First Time in 13 Years
Source: Wall Street Journal, Se Young Lee and In-Soo Nam  (8/2/11)
"South Korea moved away from the dollar and toward an investment class widely considered a safer bet during crises." More >