Uranium Politics in Australia
Source: Uranium Investing News, Melissa Pistilli  (11/5/09)
"It seems the industry is getting nowhere with politicians. . ." More >

Ryan Davies Finds Hot Technology Produces Solar Power for Half the Price
Source: The Energy Report  (11/5/09)
A shining example of using the sun's energy to heat, cool and light the homes and businesses of a desert community in California is poised to power up next year. It's based on a technology that uses refraction rather than reflection to produce solar power on a utility-size scale at half the price of photovoltaic technology. For this exclusive interview, The Energy Report caught up with Ryan Davies, CEO of REDCO, a renewable energy development company building the very first commercial plant that uses the technology. More >

Oil Holds Above $80 After Fed Statement
Source: CNN Money, Hibah Yousuf  (11/4/09)
"EIA reported a surprise decrease of 4 million barrels in crude stocks." More >

Why Oil Majors Are Coming Back to Iraq
Source: Business Week, Stanley Reed  (11/4/09)
"…many people negotiating now would not have taken $2 [in profit per incremental barrel] before." More >

Gold and Oil—The New Mecca
Source: Seeking Alpha, Surly Trader  (11/4/09)
"Crude oil is spiking to $80 per barrel even though inventories are rebounding during a low demand season..." More >

Cuba, Russia Sign First Post-Soviet Oil Deal
Source: AFP  (11/4/09)
"Cuba [has] crude reserves of 21 billion barrels—more than double previous estimates." More >

China Pushes CO2 Capture, Storage Questions Loom
Source: Reuters, Emma Graham-Harrison  (11/4/09)
"Among the considerable obstacles facing scientists is uncertainty about how best to store CO2." More >

Scotiabank Calls for Higher Commodity Prices
Source: MetalMiner, Lisa Reisman  (11/2/09)
"...cheap loans, frothy real estate markets and commodity speculation makes me a little suspicious." More >

Free-Market Oil Production Continues to Plunge
Source: The Business Insider, Gregor MacDonald  (11/2/09)
"Free Market Oil has dropped by over 2 mbpd since December of 2003." More >

Chinese Companies Upping Uranium Stakes
Source: World Nuclear News  (10/29/09)
"Australia approved two separate investments by Chinese companies in Australian uranium exploration companies." More >

China's Renewable Curbs a Boon to Big Players
Source: Reuters, Leonora Walet  (10/29/09)
"China could easily supply all of the world's expected solar demand next year." More >

Crude Oil Rises After U.S. Economy Expands More than Forecast
Source: Bloomberg, Mark Shenk  (10/29/09)
"It would appear that this would lead to increased demand." More >

Duane Grubert: Gas Wants a Wicked Cold Winter
Source: The Energy Report  (10/29/09)
CRT Capital Group Senior VP Duane Grubert likes oil better than gas. Why? As he tells The Energy Report in this exclusive interview, the oil-and-gas price link is weaker than it's been in over a decade and natural gas is too dependent on a fierce winter to fuel demand and drive pricing up. More >

Niger Delta Oil Fighting Ends
Source: Energy & Capital, Sam Hopkins  (10/28/09)
". . .President Umaru Yar'Adua is close to finalizing a permanent cease-fire and amnesty agreement for MEND. . ." More >

Panic in Tokyo: The Rare Earth Metal Godzilla
Source: Wealth Daily, Brian Hicks  (10/28/09)
". . .these metals 'will be for China what oil was for Saudi Arabia.'" More >

What the Solar Industry Wants in a Climate Change Bill
Source: Seeking Alpha, Ucilia Wang  (10/28/09)
"Go big or go home." More >

OPEC Will Raise Production to Protect Economic Recovery
Source: Mineweb, Henrique Almeida  (10/27/09)
"OPEC ministers will raise output. . .if oil prices rise to $100 per barrel." More >

Lithium Outlook Bright with Auto Electrification
Source: Reuters, Chris Kelly  (10/27/09)
". . .lithium is perhaps the Holy Grail of the electric vehicle. . ." More >

World Series of Crude Oil
Source: Seeking Alpha, Bob van der Valk  (10/27/09)
"Winner decides winter gasoline prices" More >

Nuclear Key to Senate Climate Bill
Source: Uranium Investing News, Melissa Pistilli  (10/27/09)
"Nuclear power needs to be a core component of electricity generation. . ." More >

The Gold and Oil Rally – a Long Term Look
Source: John Winston, Technical Commodity Trader  (10/26/09)
When you get right down to it, no matter what techniques one might rely on for investment decisions there is one thing that they all have in common. In order to be successful, an investor has to be on the right side of the longer-term trends. More >

China Beats Foreign Investment Curbs with Prospecting
Source: The Australian, Michael Sainsbury  (10/22/09)
"What we don't have any idea of is how much they (China) are spending" More >

Matt Badiali: Using CO2 to Expand Low-Carbon Oil Production…and Other Developments
Source: The Energy Report  (10/22/09)
S&A Resource Report editor Matt Badiali, in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, shares his views about areas within the oil industry worthy of investors' attention, and talks about the promise—and problems—associated with major oil finds that have been making the news. These discoveries may postpone peak oil by a decade or two, but they will take a long time to bring to production, too. More >

Mid Week Gold, Silver, Oil and Nat Gas Trading Report
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (10/21/09)
Commodities so far this week have not changed much. But I can point out a few things for us to watch today and Friday. . .
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Oil Shale Inquiry Opens
Source: Los Angeles Times, Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer  (10/21/09)
"There are serious questions about whether those lease addenda are in fact legal. . ." More >