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By Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2012
The Defense Department would intervene in case of a shortage of rare earth materials for defense electronics and motors, the Pentagon official responsible for industrial policy, said.
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By Anthony J. Alfidi |
March 28, 2012
The panel on automotive tech and grid storage made it clear that there will be no shortage of lithium to meet the world's needs, which is one reason why the Li-Ion battery market is expected to consolidate into a smaller number of manufacturers.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
February 9, 2012
Without critical materials many technologies, products, gadgets and toys, would not exist. The US used to be the world’s leader in development and production of high-tech magnets, it can be again, but not without required rare earth oxides.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 4, 2012
Gold soared yesterday despite a relatively encouraging set of FOMC meeting minutes as the US dollar posted the largest decline in two weeks and offered a de-facto boost to the yellow metal.
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By Jon Nadler |
August 3, 2011
Precious metals dealings once again opened mixed in New York, with gold and silver still free from the effects of any profit-taking gravitational pull and with the noble metals exhibiting the opposite condition.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
July 29, 2011
The history of fiat money has always been one of failure - every fiat currency since the Romans started diluting the silver content of their denarius has ended in devaluation and eventual collapse of both the currency and of that particular economy.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
June 2, 2011
No truer advice can be given to the independent investor than to say caveat emptor when it comes to accepting stories which may be intentionally misleading from major banks.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
March 15, 2011
Japan's nuclear crisis has deepened and there is now the real possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. Investor panic has set in with the Nikkei down over 16.5% in two days and the Topic index down by 17% - its worst two-day loss since 1987.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
March 14, 2011
Gold ticked lower momentarily to $1,417.63/oz on the open in Asia prior to rising to over $1,432/oz where determined sellers sold aggressively, sending gold back down to near Friday's closing price on the London AM Fix.
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By Oilprice.com |
April 16, 2010
Kyrgyzstan's mass anti-government protests last week were essentially the culmination of more than a decade of disillusionment.
