Russia's Gold Production Up 11.2%
Source: Commodity Online  (3/15/10)
". . .gold production in 2010 could come to 210 million tons." More >

Rick Rule: Systemic Shock Will Kill Sucker Rally
Source: The Gold Report  (3/12/10)
Charismatic, articulate, contrary and persuasive, Rick Rule probably could draw an audience if he were talking about the weather. But combine his presence with knowledge, experience and a track record of success, particularly in the resource arena, and the crowd falls silent. Founder and chairman of Global Resource Investments, Rick recently made himself available for a brain-drain, and shared his insights on the direction of precious metals. More >

Mining Skills Shortage to Be More Acute by 2020
Source: Mining Weekly, Jonathan Faurie  (3/12/10)
". . .the skills shortage in the mining industry cannot be solved in the short term." More >

Is a Major Correction to the Gold Price Coming?
Source: Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold/Silver Forecaster-Global Watch  (3/12/10)
If previous highs are hit and double top is formed, then a major correction could come about. . . More >

Gold's Cross-Currency Strength Signals Its Evolution
Source: Reuters, Jan Harvey  (3/12/10)
"Gold is holding up very well given the foreign exchange market movements, and you have to ask why that is." More >

South Africa's Gold Output Down 5.8%
Source: Mining Weekly, Loni Prinsloo  (3/12/10)
"South Africa has slipped down to position four on the global production ranking. . ." More >

Chinese Lawmaker Calls for National Rare Earth Reserve
Source: Bernama  (3/12/10)
". . .as soon as possible" More >

Bernanke Won't Allow Another Crash-Marc Faber
Source: Yahoo! Finance  (3/12/10)
"50-50 chance the bottom is not in yet." More >

The Big Dead-Cat Bounce
Source: Doug Hornig, Casey Research  (3/12/10)
It's now been a year since the dark days of early March 2009, when, although no one knew it at the time, the stock market hit rock bottom. . . More >

Who "Owns" the Bullion in a Precious Metal ETF?
Source: David Ranson, Wainwright Economics  (3/11/10)
For at least some private investors. . .it is an important question whether their bullion investments will be realizable in extremis. More >

Gold, Silver, Oil and Nat Gas Mid-Week Trading Charts
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (3/11/10)
Large cap stocks continue to lag the market, which can be observed by looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average; it still has room to move higher before breaking the January high. More >

Competition for the IMF's Gold?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey's Gold & Resource Report  (3/11/10)
On February 24, Reuters reported that the Reserve Bank of India was "set to be a buyer" of the gold the IMF is selling. More >

Doug Casey on Surviving Financial Apocalypse Now
Source: Conversations with Casey  (3/11/10)
In this edition of Conversations with Casey, Louis James of International Speculator interviews Doug about debt. More >

Four Reasons Gold Will Stay Firm and Strengthen-Blanchard
Source: Mineweb, Geoff Candy  (3/11/10)
"Continuing low rates and currency risk. . .should lead to gold remaining firm in all currencies." More >

Inflation in China: HOT HOT! HOT!
Source: Oil N' Gold, Alaron  (3/11/10)
"Could emerging China bubbles turn the commodities bull market into rubble?" More >

Louis Paquette: The Seasonality of Gold Has Broken Down
Source: Interviewed by Ellis Martin, of The Gold Report  (3/10/10)
The Gold Report has again interviewed newsletter writer and commentator Lou Paquette, who launched the Emerging Growth Stocks website in 1995 to provide investors and speculators with a unique alternative to what he saw was a growing problem with corporate governance and conflict of interest on Wall Street. He is not counting out the U.S. dollar quite yet as the euro waivers. He also believes that there is no longer necessarily a seasonality regarding gold and gold stocks. More >

Indian Gold Traders Step Up Hedging on Bourses
Source: Reuters  (3/10/10)
"Traders are using our platform actively to buy gold. We see this trend increasing." More >

Crucial Test Approaching
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/10/10)
The rally out of the February intermediate and yearly cycle low has now traveled far enough and long enough that it is due to take a breather. More >

The End of the Recovery?
Source: Clif Droke  (3/10/10)
If this is "THE" top, where is the distribution in all this? More >

gBullion: the New Digital Currency for Gold Trading
Source: Commodity Online  (3/10/10)
". . .all transactions are made in system digital currency—gB, wherein 1 gB is equal to 1 gold gram." More >

Palladium May Extend Gains to $500/oz.
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin  (3/10/10)
"The metal. . .is up 16% this year after more than doubling in 2009." More >

Collateral Damage in the War on Depression
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (3/10/10)
"Just allow it. . .just admit it. It doesn't matter where the inflation comes from. Just let it stay. . ." More >

Rob McEwen Sticks with $2 000/oz Gold by Year-End
Source: Mining Weekly, Liezel Hill  (3/9/10)
". . .and, when the game is over for gold, it will be over $5,000 an ounce." More >

Mali Calling
Source: The Australian, Robin Bromby  (3/9/10)
"In 1324, Mali was the largest gold producer in the world. . . " More >

PDAC 2010: Miners Face More Controls
Source: Financial Post, Jim Middlemiss  (3/9/10)
"Bill C-300. . .would impose restrictions on Canadian companies operating in foreign lands." More >