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By Gareth Hatch |
December 11, 2012
Is this a simple misunderstanding of the numbers, or something more deliberate? Whatever the reason for the discrepancy, it illustrates the problem of uninformed commentators in the rare-earth sector and elsewhere.
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By Brian Sylvester |
November 21, 2012
There are few mining sectors where chemistry, metallurgy and the supply chain meet in such a complex yet potentially profitable way as rare earths. The founding principal of Technology Metals Research gives an update on projects are closest to production,
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By Mark O'Byrne |
November 7, 2012
Gold fell slightly in Asia prior to eking out further gains and rising above $1,730/oz in early European trading after President Obama was confirmed as the next president of the United States.
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By Brian Sylvester |
October 31, 2012
A flood of companies scrambled to capitalize on the rare earths space, overpopulating the sector with too many losing bets, according to the mining strategist with Hallgarten & Co. in London.
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By Sally Lowder |
October 23, 2012
Gold equities are in competition with gold ETFs for shareholder dollars. The Goldman Sachs managing director discusses steps gold companies must take to pull investors back from ETFs and shares an outlook for the gold price over the next year or so.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 18, 2012
Who knew that the yuan would be one of the big winners from Ben Bernanke’s QE3? Since the surprise announcement in mid-September, the Chinese currency has appreciated by 1.1%, and higher climes beckon.
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By Brian Sylvester |
October 17, 2012
The US Department of Defense has made a bold move to support a North American rare earth element project, and it's made waves in the market. Jeb Handwerger, editor of Gold Stock Trades, explains what this means for investors.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
October 15, 2012
Good luck to those who were boasting their short trades in the rare earths and paper profits. This may rapidly be coming to an end as the heavy rare earth sector is about to reverse higher as Western nations take a stand and develop their own supply
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By Brian Sylvester |
October 4, 2012
The worst is over, postulates the Euro Pacific Canada analyst. But is modest appreciation in rare earth stocks a symptom of across-the-board improvement in equities, or have fundamentals in the space changed for the better?
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By JT Long |
September 21, 2012
Got a rare earth deposit? Great. Got a mine? Even better. But do you have a processing plant? No? That could be a problem. The market doesn't understand how complex and expensive solid-phase rare earth extraction can be.