Disclosure requirements for mining and energy companies included in the newly enacted U.S. financial reform law should become a global standard for corporate transparency, the Obama administration said....

The legislation requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to within nine months write regulations ....

Instead of owning rare earth deposits or the shares of junior mining and exploration companies, Dacha Capital's focus is on the purchasing of physical inventories of rare earths and other materials as an investment strategy....

Companies "with the potential to at least double over one or two years based on asset growth and development of metals deposits for production or take over by larger companies."...

After an upcoming drilling program, this author believes Riverstone Resources' current gold resource of 1,140,800 indicated and inferred ounces could rise substantially....

Does anyone need to wonder why China is “snapping” up mining assets around the globe?...

COT report shows large commercial traders reducing net short positions for gold at very strong pace. LCNS falls more than 73,000 contracts in three weeks. ...

The SNB can neither squash gold, nor (yet) destroy its own currency. But not for lack of trying....

At the moment everyone is jumping on the bear side for gold but it is too late in the intermediate cycle for there to be enough time left for anything other than a minor decline....

A report submitted on behalf of American Manganese and partially funded by the National Research Council of Canada, should at some point have major reverberations throughout the manganese mining sector and especially in the United States....

Did you ever wonder what happened to $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills? ...

The market balance for refined copper in April 2010 showed a market deficit of 60,000 metric tonnes but after seasonal adjustments for world refined production and usage, April showed a surplus of about 30,000 tonnes....

Credit deflation just hit the UK for the first time on post-war records....

The U.S. still consumes more than twice the amount of oil that China does in a day. But like most things with China, that statistic won't last long. ...

Can the market bottom after only eight weeks of correction and 38% re-tracement of a 13-month rally? Possibly yes, and for sure I am a long term bull given the larger wave structures. However, the probabilities are slim that that was the bottom....

These 72 analysts think gold will go parabolic to between $2,500 and $15,000!...

The London Metal Exchange and Singapore Exchange are working together to develop cash-settled mini monthly metals futures contracts for trading and clearing through the SGX, executives said Wednesday. ...

Exploration is a complex business. Ore bodies are almost never straight-forward. ...

It's no secret that Canadian gas prices are low now, but few investors realize how low it is compared to the U.S. ...

One of the key ways to anticipate the pendulum swings of participant behavior, and therefore price behavior, is to evaluate sentiment....

With Tuesday's low of $1,175, gold has now corrected and looks poised to head higher with a stumble or two along the way....

Oil stocks have to be one of the most unloved sectors in the markets today. This has also left this sector very undervalued, a barren wasteland strewn with great bargains for investors....

It is extremely difficult to go counter-trend against the noise of the markets, but certainly if you plan to do so you must have a plan of action. ...

Several junior oil stocks are starting to show positive divergence, which means that the momentum of the downward selling pressure is falling....

The current drop in gold prices – so far, at least – barely shows against other sell-offs to date......

The lowest price in three months, achieved after Tuesday's brutal sell-off, lured some price-conscious Indian buyers back to the bazaars overnight....

Gold is battered and bruised after breaching multiple technical levels. Crude oil is not far from the midpoint of a 10-month range; further losses could lead to an attractive buying opportunity....

Overnight trading saw gold confined to a roughly seven dollar price range as very little in the way of external news filtered into the market to give players motivation for more active participation. ...

The new week began amid apprehensions that global economic growth – while not quite fit for being labeled as heading for a double-dip – is slowing in concert, from the US, to Europe, as well as to China....

The red metal surged to its highest peak of the month on expected growth in China coupled with improving demand signs on falling inventories. ...

Friday's metals market action started off with nice gains across the entire complex. ...

Gold prices slipped back under the $1,190 level on the heels of yesterday's deflation-tinged remarks by Fed Chairman Bernanke and ahead of the release of European bank stress test results tomorrow. ...