Taliban

• A Brush With Death

  By Jon Nadler  |  May 2, 2011

  Monday's trading in New York opened under selling pressure for all of metals in the complex. Gold fell $13.40 per ounce to start at $1,552.30 on the bid-side. Silver opened with a $2.94 per ounce loss and was quoted at $45 in fairly hectic early action.

• Can Afghanistan's Minerals Secure Funding?

  By M. Ashraf Haidari  |  July 13, 2010

  Afghan officials intend to outline a national development strategy to international participants, including regional and international bankers and private-sector representatives.

• The Miners Who Stare At Goats

  By Jon Nadler  |  June 14, 2010

  There's gold in them thar' desolate Afghan hills upon which only goats normally tread.

• The 2010 short-term strategic outlook: Beyond the statements

  By Gregory R. Copley, Oilprice.com  |  February 2, 2010

  There is a widespread belief that the world has "ducked the strategic bullet" of global economic collapse, but this is merely the delusionary euphoria of the severely wounded patient.