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  Lithium Demand Will Spike: Daniela Desormeaux

  By George Mack  |  June 29, 2012

  Consumer demand for iPads and smart phones is on the rise, and electric vehicle sales could jumpstart in the near future. Pinpointing production spikes is no simple task, but the economist for signumBox has plotted some important points in lithium's demand timeline.

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  Rare Earth Juniors Have a Five-Year Window: John Kaiser

  By JT Long  |  April 26, 2012

  The editor of Kaiser Research Online sees 2015-2020 as a critical time for rare earth projects. Any later, he argues, and companies who have not reached production will be out of the game.

• Gareth Hatch: Navigating the Rare Earths Landscape

  By Brian Sylvester  |  November 29, 2011

  Tee co-founder of Technology Metals Research LLC, gives us the lay of the land in the rare earth sector. Many variables are shaping this developing market, and data makes the difference in determining viable investments.

• Vanadium Boost Would Give Batteries More Juice

  By Brian Sylvester  |  January 25, 2011

  Don't look now, but vanadium demand is ramping up, the head of global research with Byron Capital Markets, says. The metal could see demand jump if battery manufacturers start using it to boost power output in lithium-vanadium cells

• Jon Hykawy: High on Lithium

  By Brian Sylvester  |  January 12, 2011

  The head of global research with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets, handicaps most of the players in the lithium space and highlights a few that could be takeover targets.

• Graphite: A Diamond in the Rough for Investors?

  By Jack Lifton  |  January 3, 2011

  Most people think that they left graphite behind when they graduated from pencils to pens early on in their school days, but the truth is that this slippery substance remains a crucial part of our daily lives.

• John Kaiser: Rare Earths' 'Tail Wagging the Dog'

  By Brian Sylvester  |  October 14, 2010

  To avoid supply disruptions, companies in need of REEs for products are being encouraged to set up manufacturing in China in the interim. Of course, that's not going over very well because that's extortion, says Kaiser.

• The Green Revolution in China

  By Jack Lifton  |  August 24, 2010

  The real supply opportunity in the non-Chinese rare earth mining sector, is for those deposits that have above-average proportions of heavy rare earths, to be brought into production as quickly as possible.

• The Skinny on Lithium

  By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader  |  August 6, 2010

  The intelligent way to approach the industry now is to invest in low cost producers of proven battery technology.