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By Philip Burgert |
December 15, 2011
Two amendments aimed at boosting domestic reserves of rare earth elements have been included in the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.
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By Brian Sylvester |
November 4, 2011
Could a few simple questions help you find winners in the mining space? The publisher of Morning Notes thinks so. Berry has taken years of experience picking resource stocks and boiled it down
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By Ben Traynor |
July 28, 2011
The dollar price to buy gold had a wild ride Thursday morning in London - soaring to just under $1,620 per ounce before easing back - while stocks fell and commodities were mixed as Washington prepared for a postponed debt ceiling vote.
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By Frank Holmes, Evan Smith, Brian Hicks |
June 7, 2011
How are interest rates currently affecting commodity prices? How do the financial troubles of European countries such as Greece and Portugal affect gold prices? And what is the outlook for oil prices for the next two to five years?
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By Nick Barisheff |
May 12, 2011
While precious metals prices were soaring, the debt-saturated global economy continued to struggle. Record government spending pushed government deficits ever higher, and a massive bailout was needed.
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By Philip Burgert |
April 11, 2011
Legislation that would shift uranium mining on US federal lands to management through a competitive leasing program rather than the currently used claim and patent system has been introduced in the US House of Representatives.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
March 9, 2011
The Middle East turmoil has created a selloff in equities and a run to the safe haven assets of precious metals and oil. Even though rare earth prices are soaring, many investors have overlooked a key sector which has pulled back.
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By Jeffrey Nichols |
November 4, 2010
Gold thrives on political and economic uncertainty . . . and we've got plenty of that following the Republican victories this week and the Fed's Wednesday afternoon announcement that it is embarking on another large dose of monetary stimulus.
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By Jeffrey Nichols |
October 13, 2010
Whatever policy path we choose, the United States faces difficult times that will be reflecting in a continuing long-term appreciation in gold.
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By Gareth Hatch |
September 30, 2010
Diversifying our supplies of any important materials makes as much plain common business sense now as it did before last week's storm in a teacup.