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Gold good - but maybe silver better. Both to gain on oil

Thursday , 02 Sep 2010
Ratio followers reckon silver should be a better prospect than gold in the short term, while oil future may not be so positive unless Middle East disruption to supplies.

Gold, silver and gold miners ETFs could be on verge of upwards breakout

Thursday , 02 Sep 2010
With gold, silver and gold miner ETFs all close to all time highs, are they poised to move higher still?

Strong sales boost Harry Winston's Q2 profits

Thursday , 02 Sep 2010
The diamond miner saw a 62% jump in sales during the quarter, which pushed up profits to $16.5m for the period, significantly higher than analyst expectations

Enviros erupt at copper/gold/moly/silver project prospect near Mt St Helens

Thursday , 02 Sep 2010
The prospect of even a small exploration drilling program near the site of one of the worst U.S. natural disasters in modern memory has environmentalists blowing their tops.

Trade gold spreads, silver spreads and soybeans - Wiegand

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
Trader Tracks Editor Roger Wiegand reckons Wall Street sells the public a "bill of goods" and that carefully selected gold and silver stocks could see great gains. Gold Report interview.

Investors going long on gold, exiting copper

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
Jitters about the health of the global economy has been causing investors to exit long positions in copper and move into gold futures.

Big Springs Ranch settlement clears path for Fronteer's Long Canyon gold acquisition

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
"Superior execution" of AuEx Ventures' business model, as well as the settlement of a controversial lawsuit, contributed to the proposed buyout of the Long Canyon gold property by Fronteer Gold.

Bernanke speech does not change positive views on gold

Saturday , 28 Aug 2010
The Jackson Hole speech by Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, did little to calm fears about the state of the U.S. economy leaving the gold price hardly changed

Palladium and Silver: Stocks and ETFs on fire

Friday , 27 Aug 2010
While the gold price is showing strength, silver and palladium are looking even better at the moment.

WGC sees gold jewelry demand pick-up in the East

Friday , 27 Aug 2010
As buyers realise higher gold price levels are here to stay we will likely see a return to the high gold jewelry demand in India and other major gold jewelry markets.

Why hasn't gold hit $2,000/oz? Doug Silver blames U.S. dollar

Friday , 27 Aug 2010
If gold really is supposed to shine during tough economic times, former International Royalty Corp. founder Doug Silver wonders why gold prices haven't soared much higher by now.

New energy efficient, environmentally friendly, process to produce electrolytic manganese

Thursday , 26 Aug 2010
A U.S. patent has been filed for a new process for extracting high purity manganese from low grade ores.

HudBay to buy 11% stake in Augusta Resources and Rosemont copper project

Wednesday , 25 Aug 2010
One of the largest U.S. copper deposits, Rosemont Copper near Tucson has attracted the attention and investment of both HudBay and Silver Wheaton.

BHP, Potash Corp, scenario planning

Wednesday , 25 Aug 2010
As BHP Billiton's hostile bid for Potash Corp continues, and the spectre of other bidders lingers, here are a few scenarios that could play themselves out.

Gold is a currency, not a commodity

Tuesday , 24 Aug 2010
If gold was really a commodity its price would ebb and flow with inflation, but an examination of statistics shows that the correlation is very low.

Scotiabank says copper supply deficit will continue into 2011

Tuesday , 24 Aug 2010
Scotiabank's Pat Mohr has increased her LME copper price forecasts upward, citing continued Chinese demand for copper.

Gold to make new highs as we trend into 2011 - Foster

Sunday , 22 Aug 2010
Portfolio Manager Joe Foster of Van Eck Associates gives his views on the near term prospects for the gold price and looks for sound money policies. Gold Report interview.

Hedge Funds huge investors in gold ETFs should you be too?

Friday , 20 Aug 2010
Some of the biggest hedge funds are enormous investors in gold ETFs and it may be foolish to bet against - but this brings risks too should sentiment change.

Florida treasure museum gold stolen

Friday , 20 Aug 2010
A $550,000 gold bar, recovered from the wreck of a Spanish galleon, was stolen after going on display at a Florida treasure museum

Eldorado Gold surpasses Fortune 500 stalwarts as fastest growing company

Friday , 20 Aug 2010
Even if the price of gold were to nearly bottom out, Fortune Magazine says Eldorado Gold would still be profitable.

Gold juniors might rise by "an order of magnitude" - Doug Casey

Thursday , 19 Aug 2010
Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey sees default on the U.S. national debt as inevitable and, he'll shy away from equities-except perhaps in favored sectors such as gold. Gold Report interview.

Technical analysis: Gold could be near major price pullback

Thursday , 19 Aug 2010
A technical analysis looking closely at daily and weekly gold price charts and daily volumes suggesting gold could be close to a significant pullback.

New lawsuit challenges Nevada Legislature's mining claim fees hike

Thursday , 19 Aug 2010
A small Nevada exploration company has sued the State of Nevada over imposition of a mining claim fee, which is actually a tax hike that is not permitted by the Nevada Constitution.

A potential USD 224bn global resources giant

Wednesday , 18 Aug 2010
BHP Billiton's bid for PotashCorp sets the global resources sector alight, if consummated one of the world's most valuable stocks, of any kind, would emerge .

Silver and gold. Buy or sell?

Wednesday , 18 Aug 2010
Analysis of what the investor toying with the idea of selling jewelry or buying bullion as an investment should do.

John Embry sees gold moving up sharply - and silver to perform even better

Tuesday , 17 Aug 2010
Sprott Asset Management's Chief Investment Strategist John Embry suggests you "protect yourself" from downside risk by shifting 25% of your portfolio to precious metals. Interview with The Gold Report

Ivanhoe's 2Q10 loss widens as revenue increased 65%

Tuesday , 17 Aug 2010
Although Rio Tinto increased its ownership in Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia from 22.4% to 29.6%, Ivanhoe Mines reported a net loss during the same quarter.

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