FEATURED ARTICLES
June 28, 2010
Collectively they represent 76 million tonnes of copper resources; 6,000 tonnes of gold; 11,000 tonnes of silver; and 1.8 million tonnes of molybdenum....
June 30, 2010
Silver has always been an odd duck in the precious metals world, with half of the demand coming from industrial applications, and the other half coming from monetary demand. ...
June 29, 2010
The New York-based research and consulting company released its Platinum Group Metals Yearbook 2010 on Tuesday....
June 25, 2010
"The careful burial of this treasure probably means the owner intended to come back..."...
June 24, 2010
Clarifying the effect on the rare earths sector outside of China resulting from revaluation of the Chinese yuan....
June 30, 2010
Talk of a gold bubble is coming again from clueless conformists who made the same kind of assertions when gold broke $400 an ounce but it is just talk...
June 24, 2010
Legislation to promote domestic production of rare earth elements crucial for high technology and clean energy industries has been introduced in the U.S. Senate....
June 24, 2010
Investment banks are eying exchange-traded funds for physical aluminum....
June 24, 2010
Global markets got a nice lift on news that China will allow gradual appreciation of its currency against the U.S. dollar....
June 28, 2010
The litigation follows a statement by Bauxite Resources that it would move ahead with a long-term mining strategy to mine 2 million tonnes per year of bauxite in Western Australia. ...
June 30, 2010
Gold has risen from $681 at the nadir of the fall of 2008 to $1,265 so far, with potential to run to about $1,300-$1,325 an ounce on this final leg up...
June 30, 2010
The Caserones mine is located about 13,000 feet above sea level and the project has a marketable output of 3.6 million tons of copper and 87 kilotons of molybdenum. ...
June 25, 2010
How come gold keeps reaching and breaching new all-time highs in the absence of strong 1970s-style inflation?...
June 25, 2010
One good way to measure the strength of the global recovery is with a steel yardstick....
June 25, 2010
The latest and most flaccid argument against gold is the idea that the increase in advertisements for buying and selling gold are an indication of a crowded market or public involvement...
INVESTMENT IDEAS
June 28, 2010
In a jittery stock market, the only gold stocks that investors should own are for companies that really do have the goods. ...
June 29, 2010
Long term trend is up and I am currently long gold but feel a sharp correction could happen any day....
June 28, 2010
The bottom line is this year's U.S. dollar rally has been driven almost exclusively by stock-market weakness....
June 29, 2010
The key I will be eyeing for the next four to six weeks is whether the TSI continues to make higher highs. So long as it does, the rally still has legs...
MARKET PULSE
June 30, 2010
Indian market participants and analysts are zeroing in on disconcerting signs that show a gold market totally dependent on ETFs and derivative speculation vehicles' (futures/options) offtake...
June 29, 2010
Gold fell further in London dealing on Tuesday morning, extending its drop to almost 2.5% from yesterday's near-record high, as world stocks sank and commodity prices also dropped....
June 29, 2010
In all, it appeared to be shaping up as a day to pull in one's speculative horns and be less than taurine in approaching the markets....
June 28, 2010
World leaders took the "oath of the deficits" over the weekend and gave every indication that they intend to cut difficult-to-sustain budget imbalances in their home countries. ...
June 25, 2010
Fresh gains brought gold values to above the $1,250 price point as the market opened for trading on Friday. ...
June 24, 2010
Australia's largest industry can now declare "success" in the 40% tax on mining profits battle, but only for the moment, and only as it applies to having removed one knight from the chess board. ...
