Copper Expected To Be Range-Bound Or Higher Into Year-End
Source: Kitco News, Allen Sykora  (9/1/11)
"Analysts look for copper prices to be sideways to higher through 2011, supported by an ongoing supply deficit and an expected re-stocking phase in China." More >

Gold Wedding Bands Get Dumped for Tungsten
Source: CNN Money, Parija Kavilanz  (9/1/11)
"Skyrocketing gold prices have jewelers and cash-strapped couples clamoring for wedding bands made of less expensive metals." More >

Rodney Cooper: Bullish on Iron Ore and Copper
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/31/11)
Rodney Cooper, a senior mining analyst with Dundee Capital Markets in Toronto, has some rather bullish forecasts for iron ore and copper prices. But given the worldwide economic malaise and a slowdown for China's economic powerhouse, what's his rationale? Cooper talks about his predictions in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. More >

Copper Climbs to Three-Week High
Source: Dow Jones, Tatyana Shumsky  (8/31/11)
"Copper futures are sweeping higher amid quiet trade as investors focus on better physical demand from China and concerns about supply." More >

Rick Mills: Cobalt Is the King of Critical Metals
Source: Zig Lambo of The Critical Metals Report   (8/30/11)
Most people don't know or care about cobalt. But, as with a number of metals we seldom hear about, we would certainly miss cobalt if it were not available for use in many cutting-edge applications. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Rick Mills, editor of Ahead of the Herd, talks about the supply and demand for critical metals and tells us why cobalt is the "King of Critical Metals." He also tells us why he likes two emerging cobalt producers that could reward investors looking to participate in this very tight market dominated by China. More >

For Signs of Stability, Look to the Price of Gold
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (8/29/11)
"The key indicator that markets are stabilizing will be when gold prices come down in regular increments." More >

Indonesia Could Face More Strikes
Source: Reuters, Neil Chatterjee and Olivia Rondonuwu  (8/29/11)
"Gold mine workers push for a greater share of profits in a booming economy that has drawn foreign investors partly for its low labor costs." More >

Copper Rallies to Two-Month High
Source: Copper Investing News, Leia Toovey  (8/26/11)
"Copper was boosted by a 'better than expected' jobless report and is approximately 13% off of its record high." More >

Brazil Metal Rush: Boom in Gold, Copper, Iron Ore Mining
Source: Commodity Online, Mrudul Bose  (8/25/11)
"The soaring price of metals in commodity markets has Brazilian firms and foreign players investing heavily." More >

Energy Dept. Says Copper Thefts on Rise
Source: Associated Press, Matthew Daly  (8/19/11)
"Surging copper prices have thieves targeting generating stations, national research labs and even a plant where nuclear weapons are dismantled and stored." More >

Peru, Miners in Pact to Change Royalties
Source: Reuters, Teresa Cespedes and Patricia Velez  (8/17/11)
"Under the new system, companies would pay royalties based on operating profits instead of sales, similar to Chile's mining tax structure." More >

TSX "Stars Align" as Resources Rise
Source: Reuters, Claire Sibonney  (8/17/11)
"Thanks to its heavy weighting in resources, the TSX was outperforming its U.S. counterparts." More >

China July Metals Output Eases, Signaling Slowdown
Source: Wall Street Journal, Chuin-Wei Yap  (8/9/11)
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World's Top Miners Worry Most About Greater Government Control
Source: Mining, Frik Els  (8/7/11)
"Resource nationalism is the top business risk for global miners." More >

Resource Nationalism Is Biggest Risk to Miners: Report
Source: Reuters  (8/7/11)
"Governments seek to benefit from higher commodity prices to try to restore fragile finances, Ernst & Young said on Sunday." More >

Peru's President's Prudence
Source: Resource Clips, Ted Niles  (7/28/11)
"Investors quailed when economic nationalist Ollanta Humala was elected President of Peru, which ranks first in the world for production of silver, second for copper and zinc and sixth for gold." More >

Palladium Prices Set to Rise in 2011, Platinum Surplus to Increase
Source: Commodity Online  (7/25/11)
"Platinum is expected to witness another sizeable gross surplus in 2011." More >

SA Gold Sector Wage Talks Underway
Source: Business Live  (7/25/11)
"Unions and mining companies are talking to avert the national strike in the SA gold sector." More >

Bob Moriarty: Triple-Digit Returns Predicted for Mining Stocks
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (7/22/11)
With the price of gold hitting record highs and equity prices lagging behind, Bob Moriarty, founder of 321gold.com, says it's time to gather some precious metals as insurance against hyperinflation or deflation—whichever may be coming our way—and to stock up on junior resource stocks. Prudent picks, he suggests in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, stand a good chance of yielding returns up to 500%. More >

China’s Manufacturing May Contract
Source: Bloomberg, Zheng Lifei  (7/21/11)
"China's manufacturing may slow for the first time in a year as output and new orders drop." More >

Can Copper and Gold Rally in Tandem?
Source: Reuters, Clyde Russell  (7/19/11)
"Buying gold is a bet the economy is stuffed; buying copper is a bet for China's soft landing. Can both views be right?" More >

Goldman Stumbles, Takes On More Commodity Risk
Source: Reuters, Barani Krishnan  (7/19/11)
"The reverse led fixed-income, currency and commodity revenues to slump 53% to the lowest level since 2008." More >

Bullish Copper Technicals
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Research   (7/18/11)
"Fundamentals are confirming copper's bullish intrinsic technicals." More >

Global Debt Concerns, Dollar Pressure Copper
Source: Dow Jones, Tatyana Shmusky  (7/18/11)
"Copper, a bellwether for economic growth, inched lower as debt problems in Europe and the U.S. continue to cloud the economic outlook." More >

Advanced Copper Fabrication Methods
Source: MetalMiner, Taras Berezowsky  (7/15/11)
"Cahokia coppersmiths used a process of lamination 600 years ago." More >