Objection Mounts Against U.S. Mint's Outsourcing
Source: Commodity Online  (4/12/11)
"Witnesses testifying before the House Committee express outrage over outsourcing of labor for U.S. gold bullion coin manufacturing." More >

iShares Launches Precious Metal ETCs
Source: Platinum Today  (4/12/11)
"ETC will track the day-to-day price of the underlying physical metals, as published by the London Platinum and Palladium Market." More >

ECB: Gold Reserves Rise by €1M
Source: Reuters  (4/12/11)
"Gold holdings rose due to gold coin trades by one eurozone central bank, consistent with the latest Central Bank Gold Agreement." More >

Why Record Gold Price Proves Good News for Burglars
Source: Telegraph, Ian Cowie  (4/12/11)
"The increase in companies offering to buy gold jewelry by mail allows criminals to sell stolen jewelry more easily." More >

Silver: Just a Portfolio Diversifier
Source: SmartInvestor, Joydeep Ghosh  (4/12/11)
"SIlver's rise has attracted investor interest, but putting all your eggs in one basket is never a great idea." More >

Zimbabwe Seeks Funds for Gold Mining
Source: All Africa  (4/12/11)
"Inadequate working capital has hampered the industry's growth, which rose by 47% last year. This year it is expected to record a 44% growth." More >

Peruvian Gold Comes with Risks to Miners and Retailers
Source: All Voices  (4/12/11)
"New research shows that high levels of mercury are spreading to towns in the Amazon and Andes Mountains where gold is sold." More >

Gold and Silver Break Out
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (4/12/11)
". . .technical targets being monitored." More >

Manganese: New Markets in Battery Technology
Source: Manganese Investing News, Michael Montgomery  (4/12/11)
"A breakthrough from Stanford researchers contains the ability to produce electrical power from fresh and salt water." More >

Warning Signs for Copper Market
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Carolyn Cui and Tatyana Shumsky  (4/11/11)
"The risks now appear to be skewed to the downside." More >

Commodities Across the Board Reach Record Highs
Source: Reuters, Christopher Johnson  (4/11/11)
"Despite a pullback, precious metals and commodities are expected to rise further, 'as long as there's cheap money out there and as long as QE2 is ongoing.'" More >

Gold Mania: Are We There Yet?
Source: Louis James, Casey's International Speculator  (4/11/11)
"In real terms, gold still has a long way to go to beat the 1980 spike." More >

French Mint Prompts Gold Rush with €1,000 Coin
Source: Commodity Online  (4/11/11)
"Coin is already trading at more than its face value a month before its issue date as buyers clamored to place orders." More >

Sudan Sees Gold Output Stable
Source: Reuters, Deepa Babington  (4/11/11)
"Sudan could produce as much as 74 tons of gold this year, putting it well above industry estimates: Most of the nation's mineral wealth is mined unofficially by small-scale prospectors." More >

Israel's Diamond Exports Boom
Source: Commodity Online  (4/11/11)
"Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor's figures show double-digit growth in exports and imports of both polished and rough diamonds." More >

Egypt Lifts Ban on Gold Exports
Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur  (4/11/11)
"Ministry of Trade cites improved conditions in the country." More >

Making the Most of Rising Gold Prices
Source: TrustNet, Angelos Damaskos  (4/11/11)
"The dominoes seem to have started to fall, and the best way to capitalize on rising gold prices is to invest in small- and mid-sized gold miners, as opposed to the yellow metal itself." More >

Stolen Silver Bars Underscore Need for Safe Storage Alternatives
Source: Nick Barisheff, BMG  (4/11/11)
"Don't assume safety deposit boxes are safe. . .or private." More >

China Increases Rare Earth Tax Rate
Source: CRI, Wei Tong  (4/11/11)
"Tax rate of mined light rare earths will increase by US$9 per ton. Since 2005, China's rare earth production has exceeded 100,000 tons in five consecutive years." More >

Utah Gold Standard, Part II
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (4/11/11)
"Was the gold standard to thank for such felicitous economic conditions?" More >

Leonard Melman: On Freedom and Gold's Future
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (4/11/11)
How has the increase in government in the last 150 years driven precious metal prices? In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Leonard Melman, editor of The Melman Report newsletter and the author of Reverse the Way In, discusses why he recommends precious metal stocks, but advocates changes in monetary policy that could diminish the price of gold. More >

Researchers Find Replacement for Indium Tin Oxide
Source: PhysOrg  (4/11/11)
"Supplies of this rare metal are expected to be exhausted within 10 years." More >

Beware of the Silver Streak
Source: Reuters  (4/10/11)
"That silver and gold prices are racing to new record highs is a bad sign. . ." More >

Jonathan Lee: Gray Metal Driving Green Revolution?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (4/8/11)
Vanadium, a gray metal mainly used as an additive to steel, could see a jump in demand as new technologies emerge in energy storage. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Jonathan Lee, a battery materials and technology analyst with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets, talks about which vanadium producers are ready to grapple with the prospect of increasing demand from the adaption of "green" uses. More >

Will Silver Become Money Again like Gold?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (4/8/11)
"In the private and institutional domain, silver already is a wealth protector." More >