Streetwise Articles
Lithium-Ion Battery Keeps Its Cool
Source: MIT Technology Review, Ucilia Wang (5/26/11)
"A new Li-ion battery holds much more energy than previous versions."
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Top-10 Clean Energy States
Source: Clean Technica, Zachary Shahan (5/26/11)
"Clean Edge ranks California the top clean energy state."
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Chinese Rare Earth Prices Soar
Source: Financial Times, Leslie Hook (5/26/11)
"Gravity-defying leap in the price of Chinese REEs triggers global supply fears."
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Hydro Power Is Most Effective Renewable Energy
Source: Click Green (5/26/11)
"Hydro schemes show best renewable efficiency in study."
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Siddharth Rajeev: Bullish on Small-Cap Commodities
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (5/26/11)
Siddharth "Sid" Rajeev isn't a miner. But in his search for value, Sid, head of research for Fundamental Research Corp. in Vancouver, digs deep into the world of small- and micro-cap stocks to find undiscovered gems. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Sid drills down on some relatively unknown resource stocks he has uncovered.
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Adam Michael: Base Stock Evaluation on $90 Oil
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (5/26/11)
Platform Advisors Founder Adam Michael searches the globe for oil and gas discovery stories with established cash flows that support share value in reasonably secure political environments. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Adam reveals some names from his own portfolio holdings that he believes could generate considerable upside production growth to return significant multiples for investors, even if oil prices hover at $90/bbl for the next year.
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Turkmenistan Has World's Second Largest Gas Field
Source: AFP (5/26/11)
"The isolated republic has sought was to expand its client base beyond its neighbors in Eastern Europe."
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DOE: Oil and Gas Supplies Grew
Source: Associated Press (5/26/11)
"Crude supplies rose by 600,000 barrels to 370.9 million barrels."
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Oil Drops Below $101
Source: CNBC (5/26/11)
"A weaker dollar failed to compensate for mixed signs over U.S. crude demand."
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Asian Annual Coal Contracts Reach Record Price
Source: Industrial Fuels and Power, Jeremy Bowden (5/26/11)
"China's monthly coal imports are third-highest volume on record."
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Geothermal in California Can Add 7% of Supply
Source: Renewable Energy World, Paul Gipe (5/26/11)
"California leads the world in geothermal energy development, but most of the state's geothermal plants were built in the '70s and '80s."
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A Tool to Find Gold, Oil and Terrorists
Source: Gold Investing News, Leia Toovey (5/26/11)
"Hyperspectral imaging is well developed for mineral exploration."
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Bid to Use Gold as Collateral Advances
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Francesca Freeman (5/26/11)
"Investors are one step closer to being able to use gold as a trading security."
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Small-Time Investors Flock to Commodities in India
Source: Commodity Online (5/26/11)
"Persistently high commodity prices have increased investors interest."
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SA Gold Miners May Face $100B Liability
Source: Bloomberg, Mike Cohen and Carli Lourens (5/26/11)
"Prevalence of the disease in mineworkers is between 17% and 32%."
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Platinum Surplus Seen Jumping Eightfold
Source: Bloomberg, Jae Hur and Ichiro Suzuki (5/26/11)
"Japan's worst earthquake slashed car production, reducing the country's demand to the lowest level in 28 years."
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China Gold Demand Seen Rising over 22%
Source: Reuters, Fayen Wong (5/26/11)
"Within three years, demand may sharply outpace domestic production."
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Commodities Still Going Strong Despite Barclays Selloff
Source: Kitco, Cecylia Tulikowski-Denison (5/26/11)
"The volatility in the commodity market has not deterred investors."
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Vanadium: The Best Thing Since Lithium
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy and Capital (5/26/11)
"It's the new holy grail of battery materials."
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Why Gold Is Going Higher
Source: David Galland, Casey Research (5/26/11)
"So many black swans are flying overhead, anything can happen."
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Critical Metals: Investing at a Crossroad
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (5/25/11)
Shifting technology, energy and defense needs along with volatile global economic and political pressures are changing the supply and demand equation for rare earth and strategic metals, opening opportunities that didn't exist a few years ago.
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The USD's Impact on the S&P 500, Gold, Silver and Oil
Source: J.W. Jones, Options Trading Signals (5/25/11)
"We're sitting at a key inflection point. . ."
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Silver and Silver Stocks Spring into Life
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (5/25/11)
"Silver will continue to consolidate with erratic moves in both directions."
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Siddharth Rajeev: Discover Fair Value Gold Stocks
Source: George Mack of The Gold Report (5/25/11)
Siddharth "Sid" Rajeev isn't a miner. But in his search for value, Sid, head of research for Fundamental Research Corp. in Vancouver, digs deep into the world of small- and micro-cap stocks to find undiscovered gems. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Sid drills down on some relatively unknown resource stocks he has uncovered.
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Mining Firms Look to IT in 2011
Source: Mining Weekly (5/25/11)
"Expanding companies are likely to invest in technologies that get them up-and-running more easily in remote locations."
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