Doug Groh: Will Gold Benefit from the European Debt Crises?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/29/11)
In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Doug Groh, senior analyst with Tocqueville Asset Management, likens the gold price to a mirror that reflects peoples' concerns about global economic and political events. And he likes what he sees in the long-term prospects for gold equities. More >

Deflation by Dictatorship
Source: Clif Droke   (6/29/11)
"Will the end of QE2 produce a deflationary global shock?" More >

United States of Denial
Source: James West, Midas Letter   (6/29/11)
"Let's tally up the state of financial affairs in the United States of Delusion." More >

Discussing Gold Equities with Squawk Box
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors   (6/29/11)
"Dividend-paying gold companies will drive gold equity prices higher." More >

Brazil Set to Battle China over African Copper
Source: Bloomberg, Tara Lachapelle and Rita Nazareth  (6/29/11)
"The nations view themselves in 'direct competition' for strategic resources." More >

Platinum Supply Threatened by S.A. Policies
Source: Mining Weekly, Loni Prinsloo  (6/29/11)
"The proposed indigenization policy requires 51% of all investments to be in the hands of locals." More >

Congo Police Foil Mining Depot Raid
Source: Reuters, Jonny Hogg  (6/29/11)
"Ten armed thieves tried to break into Lubumbashi's Volcano Mining depot." More >

China Opens First Rare and PM Metals Exchange
Source: Commodity Online  (6/29/11)
"The exchange may solve long-term problems in China's PM industry, such as high logistics costs and lack of capital." More >

No $2,000 Gold Without QE3
Source: Forbes, Steve Schaefer  (6/29/11)
"According to Merrill Lynch, the gold bugs may be in for some disappointment." More >

Investors Around the World Eye QE2 Expiration
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/29/11)
"There's a whole flotilla of Black Swans straight ahead." More >

Global In-Use Stocks of REEs
Source: PhysOrg  (6/29/11)
"If recycled, REEs within products would equal over 10 years of production." More >

Japan's May REE Imports from China Down
Source: Reuters  (6/29/11)
"Surging metal prices drove the month-over-month import decline." More >

Jim Powell: Meeting the Critical Metals Demand
Source: Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report   (6/28/11)
Is there a clear path to meeting growing global critical metals demand? An important first step, according to Laurentian Bank Securities' Technology and Strategic Metals Analyst Jim Powell, would be to establish supply sources that aren't concentrated in a single country—particularly one that isn't inclined to share its resources with the rest of the world. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jim points out some potential plays to look for while the landscape is changing. More >

Sign of the Bear
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents   (6/28/11)
"Let's all hope Bernanke has at least some modicum of common sense left." More >

Debunking Some Gold Bug Predictions
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold   (6/28/11)
"Further consolidation in gold likely to fuel a stronger breakout in August." More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund   (6/28/11)
"Silver could stage a significant rally from here."
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Gold Market Update
Source: Clive Maund   (6/28/11)
"Any idiot can create growth of this magnitude by exploding the money supply." More >

How the Eurozone Crisis Boosts Gold & Silver
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/28/11)
"Debt obligations aren't being honored as contracted in Europe and U.S." More >

Rare Earth Metals in a Bubble?
Source: Sovereign Society, Eric Roseman  (6/28/11)
"Since hitting the market over a year ago, REE miners have been on a tear, with many stocks gaining several hundred percent." More >

REE Ring Laser Detects, Counts Nanoparticles
Source: R&D, Diana Lutz  (6/28/11)
"Ytterbium- and erbium-doped sensors detect particles in water, blood and air." More >

Russia Forays into Rare Metals Market
Source: Voice of Russia, Chernitsa Polina  (6/28/11)
"Russia's rhenium production may soon amount to more than 26 tpy." More >

A Good Old-Fashioned Staking Rush
Source: Northern News Services, Thandiwe Vela  (6/28/11)
"Whenever there's valuable REE-rich ground like that, claims overlap." More >

Rick Mills: Cash In, Not Out on $1,500 Gold
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/27/11)
Some pundits are yelling for investors to take profits in junior resource stocks now. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Richard (Rick) Mills, host of Ahead of the Herd online and editor of Ahead of the Herd newsletter, explains why $1,500 gold means investors should be cashing in, not cashing out. More >

Death by a Thousand Cuts
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading   (6/27/11)
"To stick with paper currency is akin to a death by a thousand cuts." More >

New Stock Bear?
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Research   (6/27/11)
"Was the SPX's latest interim high greedy enough to kill this latest bull?" More >