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 >

Lithium Ion Battery Industry to Boom with Wind, Solar Power
Source: CNET, Candace Lombardi  (10/21/09)
". . .lithium ion batteries for utility use will be the fastest growing segment of the storage industry." More >

Iraq: Open for Business
Source: The New York Times, Steven Lee Myers  (10/21/09)
". . .companies that wait too long may discover they are too late" More >

Surprise: Gasoline Supplies Drawn Down
Source: Seeking Alpha, Brad Zigler  (10/21/09)
"The Energy Department reported that gasoline demand. . .is up 4.2% from year-ago levels." More >

IEA Says Oil Price High Enough to Invest (in Theory)
Source: Reuters, Emma Graham-Harrison  (10/21/09)
"Oil. . .is costly enough to ensure investment even in the most expensive sources of crude" More >

EIA Data Points to a Bullish Natural Gas Market
Source: The Market Oracle, Joseph Dancy  (10/20/09)
"Production should be falling. It is. Decline should be fairly steep. It is." More >

Oil Price Rises to Highest Level in 2009
Source: Seeking Alpha, Daily Forex  (10/20/09)
". . .the short-term direction of the oil price will be dictated by the dollar's strength (or lack thereof). . ." More >

Running with the Energy Bulls
Source: CNN Money, Scott Cendrowski  (10/20/09)
". . .all signs point to a rebound in energy stocks" More >

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installs >1,600 MW in Q309
Source: Reuters  (10/20/09)
"AWEA does not expect the Q409 to be as strong as the Q408. . ." More >

Black Gold. . .Green Oil
Source: Marin Katusa, Chief Investment Strategist, Casey's Energy Report  (10/19/09)
U.S. government subsidies into renewable energy are forming a green bubble. One that's steadily inflating. But the catch is, only one alternative energy is currently economically viable before subsidies. . .and that's geothermal. More >

Will Oil Be Priced in Currencies Other than the U.S. Dollar?
Source: Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold/Silver Forecaster - Global Watch  (10/16/09)
China, Russia, Japan & France are working with oil producers in the Middle East to permit currencies other than the U.S. dollar to be used to pay for oil. This basket of currencies will include the Japanese Yen, the Chinese Yuan, and the €. . . More >

Ross Beaty: Magma Heating up Geothermal Space
Source: The Energy Report  (10/15/09)
In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, entrepreneur extraordinaire Ross J. Beaty, whose most recent enterprise is Magma Energy Corp., talks about how he intends to offer investors a heretofore unavailable opportunity to ride the geothermal growth wave, what sparked his interest in the sector, and where he sees many similarities between mining for metals and capturing the energy from the magma beneath the earth's crust. More >

Mid-Week GLD, SLV, UNG & USO Trading Charts
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (10/14/09)
Commodities and stocks have been on fire the past two weeks and I think it just may be time for things to take a breather. While I continue to stay long, taking some money off the table to lock in profits is a safe play. . . More >

Rainy Day Oil Funds See Middle East Through Downturn
Source: TheEnergyNews  (10/14/09)
"Middle East oil exporters together drew down their rainy-day reserves by nearly $350 billion over the past year" More >

Warmer Ties for Russia, China with Big Gas Deals
Source: Associated Press  (10/14/09)
"I don't buy this idea that China is Russia's future." More >