Gold Is Little Changed in New York
Source: Bloomberg, Pham-Duy Nguyen��(12/22/10)
"Futures are headed for a 10th straight annual gain." More >

Iraq Promotes Sharistani, Appoints Luaibi as New Oil Minister
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, Eric Watkins��(12/22/10)
"'Good continuity for the oil companies'. . ." More >

U.S. Mint Data Shows Strong Silver Coin Demand
Source: Kitco, Cecylia Tulikowski-Denison��(12/21/10)
"By comparison, gold coin sales lagged behind." More >

Striking Gold in Tanzania
Source: Resource Investing News��(12/21/10)
"The country has experienced a substantial rise in output of minerals." More >

IMF Ends an Era with Close of Huge Gold Reserve Sale
Source: Reuters, Emily Kaiser��(12/21/10)
"Many analysts expect the public sector to become net buyers of gold." More >

FTC Revises Rules on Platinum Jewelry Marketing
Source: Platinum Today��(12/21/10)
"Marketers must disclose the full composition of base metal alloys." More >

Alka Singh: Gold Equities' Upside Greater than Gold
Source: George Mack and Karen Roche of The Gold Report��(12/20/10)
Frequently prospecting for new mining companies in natural resource-rich nations, Rodman & Renshaw Senior Analyst Alka Singh is just back from Argentina. The Gold Report caught up with her to sift through her thoughts on the precious metals industry. Her current objective is to seek out gold and silver producers with growth potential beyond the price appreciation of commodity metals. More >

Strong Gold Price Has Shoppers Investing in Bling
Source: The Detroit News��(12/20/10)
"Gold frenzy has consumers cashing in old jewelry for new pieces." More >

Gold Mining Execs Predict $1,500/oz Gold Price
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich��(12/20/10)
"Rising gold price, increase in M&A activity parallels 1980's boom." More >

Gold Prices Up but Dollar Tempers Gains
Source: The Street, Alix Steel��(12/20/10)
"Gold prices were trying to climb higher Monday as investors bought the metal as a safe-haven asset." More >

Risk On…Risk Off
Source: David Coffin & Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories��(12/20/10)
"It doesn’t matter if you’re naughty or nice; Santa has been coming early to resource investors everywhere this year. A somewhat ironic combination of fear buying in precious metals and fearless buying in most everything else has generated gains across the sector this month." More >

Why Gold is About to Power Higher
Source: David Banister, Market Trend Forecast��(12/20/10)
"Gold should be poised to power higher near term." More >

EPA Enacts Mercury Emissions Rule for Gold Mines
Source: Mineweb��(12/19/10)
"The new regulations only permit 84 pounds of mercury emissions for every million tons." More >

Platinum, Palladium Flagged as Stars of 2011
Source: The Financial Daily��(12/19/10)
"Demand from emerging markets continues to grow." More >

Dr. Bill Bird: REE Supply Hysteria
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report��(12/17/10)
China's domination of the rare earth industry has led to very real fears about the future supply of these strategic metals that are used in all things technological—from electric car batteries, laptops and cell phones all the way to smart bombs. As one of the foremost experts in rare earth elements (REEs), Bill understands the implications of future supply shortfalls. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the head of Vancouver-based Medallion Resources Ltd., explains the supply bottleneck and how his company is working to solve it. More >

Report: 15 Years to Break U.S. REE Dependence
Source: Fast Company, Ariel Schwartz��(12/17/10)
"It will be a long process to wean the U.S. off China's supplies." More >

Gold Heads for Longest Slump in Three Months
Source: Bloomberg, Pham-Duy Nguyen��(12/17/10)
"A stronger dollar curbed the appeal of precious metals." More >

Supply/Demand Picture Has Analysts Bullish on Copper
Source: Kitco, Allen Sykora��(12/17/10)
"Miners won't be able to ramp up output enough to keep up with demand." More >

Silver/Gold Ratio Reversion 4
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Research��(12/17/10)
"Silver has been a rock-star in recent months, rocketing higher to dazzling gains." More >

Some Irish Seen Turning to Gold, Shunning Banks
Source: Reuters, Yara Bayoumy��(12/16/10)
"Ireland's banks have suffered large outflows of deposits." More >

California Firms Charged in Alleged Gold Fraud
Source: Futures Magazine��(12/16/10)
"Overall trading losses amounted to approximately $2.2 million." More >

China's Gold Reserves Rank 6th Worldwide
Source: People's Daily, Liang Jun��(12/16/10)
"The international gold price unlikely affected by the 'China factor.'" More >

How to Read the COT Report and Price Manipulation
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster ��(12/16/10)
"Furor over JP Morgan's alleged silver futures manipulation. . ." More >

The Inverse Dollar Relationship, SPX and Fear
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy ��(12/16/10)
"The equities market shows signs that a bottom is nearing." More >

The One Reason You Must Own Gold & Silver
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold ��(12/16/10)
"In two years, the West's impending sovereign debt default could grow dire.” More >