Canada's Mines to Get $130B in Investments
Source: Mining Weekly, Matthew Hill  (8/25/11)
"Companies will invest some $130B in Canadian mines over the next five years, as burgeoning commodity demand creates opportunities 'not seen since the post-war boom of the 1950s.'" More >

Will Silver Benefit from Rising Gold Margin Requirements?
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (8/25/11)
"We expect silver to hit new highs along with the miners in 2011." More >

Asian Buyers Rush in on Gold Price Dip
Source: Reuters, Rujun Shen  (8/25/11)
"Dealers saw a flood of orders for physical gold after Asia opened business yesterday." More >

Peru Gov't, Miners Reach Deal to Increase Royalties
Source: Reuters, Caroline Stauffer and Patricia Velez  (8/25/11)
"Humala had vowed to tax mining companies' windfall profits to bolster social programs in a country where one of every three people is poor." More >

Brazil Metal Rush: Boom in Gold, Copper, Iron Ore Mining
Source: Commodity Online, Mrudul Bose  (8/25/11)
"The soaring price of metals in commodity markets has Brazilian firms and foreign players investing heavily." More >

Gold Scams Rise with Prices
Source: AFP  (8/25/11)
"The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority warns of private investment schemes that directly steal investors' money." More >

Japan Boosting Physical, ETF Platinum Buying
Source: Reuters, Chikako Mogi  (8/25/11)
"Japanese investors have been bucking the global trend for buying gold." More >

Wind Energy to Dig Deep for Key Metals
Source: Recharge, Ben Backwell  (8/25/11)
"Gareth Hatch, co-founder of Technology Metals Research, warns wind turbine companies of ever-escalating neodymium prices, recommending the industry increase involvement in the mining sector." More >

Carlos Andres: Discovering Bargain Basement Gold Stocks
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (8/24/11)
If gold equities are on sale, the stocks Carlos Andres follows as publisher of the Frontier Research Report are on clearance. Andres seeks out stocks that have been unfairly pummeled, offering extra upside for investors. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Andres identifies some top picks trading at insanely low prices that belie their quality management and mining projects. More >

Exiting the Eye of the Storm
Source: Louis James, Casey Research  (8/24/11)
"Smells like blood in the streets. What does a street fighting man like Doug Casey make of all this?" More >

Much Ado About Debt: Dollar vs. Euro
Source: Axel Merk, Merk Funds  (8/24/11)
"Because the U.S. must finance its deficit, the U.S. dollar may be far more at risk than the euro. In the Eurozone, the current account is roughly in balance." More >

Gold to Roubini: $21,500 Ker-Pow!
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (8/24/11)
"Squint hard enough at the Nasdaq bubble, and apparently you can see the future of gold." More >

Gold, the Dollar and the Failure of Currencies
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (8/24/11)
"The U.S. Fed and Congress want to see a far weaker dollar against all other currencies. The only thing stopping them is the structure of the currency system." More >

Gold Charts Send a Warning
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (8/24/11)
"The drop in prices has attracted an element of bargain hunting, which should provide support across the precious metals complex." More >

Junior Mining Deal Puts West Africa in Focus
Source: Postmedia News, Peter Koven  (8/24/11)
"Because West Africa has a relatively short mining history, 'it just hasn't been trampled the way other places have.'" More >

Call for Gold Reserves as Collateral in EU
Source: DPA  (8/24/11)
"A leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government called for EU members to use gold reserves as collateral for future bailouts." More >

Chavez Formalizes Nationalization of Gold Industry
Source: Associated Press  (8/24/11)
"President Hugo Chavez' formal decree aims to give the government total control over gold produced in the South American country." More >

As Gold Soars, What's Your Jewelry Worth?
Source: The Star, Michael Woods  (8/24/11)
"A Star reporter visited cash-for-gold shops with gold worth about $1,500 altogether, and received offers as low as $500 and as high as $1,600." More >

High Bullion Price Spurs New Yukon Gold Rush
Source: Financial Times, Bernard Simon  (8/24/11)
"Exploration companies have staked more than 85,000 claims in the territory since January, compared with 83,000 for the whole of 2010." More >

Study Tips Taiwan's Geothermal Energy Potential
Source: Taiwan Today, Aaron Hsu   (8/24/11)
"Geothermal energy sites around the country hold the potential to generate 25.4 gigawatts of electricity, nearly 10 times the total capacity of the fourth nuclear power plant" More >

Libya to Honor All Legal Oil Deals: Jehani
Source: Reuters, Mahmoud Habboush  (8/24/11)
"Reconstruction efforts to bring oil and other industrial infrastructure back to normal would take at least nine months." More >

U.S. Nuclear Industry Tested by Twin Threats from Mother Nature
Source: Bloomberg, Julie Johnsson and Brian Wingfield  (8/24/11)
"The systems at every U.S. nuclear energy facility where the earthquake's effects were felt responded as designed." More >

Oil Trade Links to Syria Cut Ahead of Embargo
Source: Financial Times, Javier Blas and Sylvia Pfeifer  (8/24/11)
"Industry executives said that several traders and foreign oil companies had over the past few days quietly stopped dealing with Syria." More >

Oil Trade Links to Syria Cut
Source: Financial Times, Javier Blas and Sylvia Pfeifer  (8/24/11)
"The world's largest oil traders and international oil companies are severing their trade links with Syria as the EU prepares to impose an oil embargo." More >

Canada Committing to Electric Vehicle Industry
Source: Lithium Investing News, Dave Brown  (8/24/11)
"Canada is creating the framework for programs that further electric vehicle initiatives, especially those which support potential lithium-ion battery recycling." More >