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		<title>Is it Time for a Uranium ETF?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/27/is-it-time-for-a-uranium-etf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stuart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That sounds like a strange question to pose when you consider the uranium price has dropped from $136/lb in 2007 to $46/lb today. Back around the year 2000, uranium was trading at $10/lb, when nuclear power was out of favor and power from other sources was cheap. But a gradual resurgence on the back of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clever New Lithium ETF, but is it Green?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/26/clever-new-lithium-etf-but-is-it-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stuart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating article in the ETF Daily News sheds light on the increasing trend of ETF management companies cooperating with producers and investors to create funds. And, as we previously reported, a Bolivian investor R Marcelo Claure had been looking for a way to make a broad-based bet on lithium, lacking a ready vehicle a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Enough! Project Declares a Victory in the Congolese Conflict Minerals Issue</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/20/the-enough-project-declares-a-victory-in-the-congolese-conflict-minerals-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global trade developments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conflict minerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tantalum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://agmetalminer.com/?p=5194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, tucked away in the Financial Reform bill that passed both Houses of Congress (and now awaits President Obama’s signature), there appears a key provision that will create a significant supply chain regulatory compliance challenge for any company sourcing materials that contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and yes, gold! In short, these OEM’s (think Apple, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithium Gets Its Own ETF</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/20/lithium-gets-its-own-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/20/lithium-gets-its-own-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Minor Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-ferrous metals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aluminum ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glencore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PGM ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Earth ETF]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a rare earth metal but certainly one to watch, lithium gets its day in the limelight as Global X Lithium an ETF will launch later this week. Global X Lithium will track lithium producers and battery makers. The idea for the fund came from R. Marcelo Claure, a Bolivian businessman and founder of Brightstar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Rare Earth Price Increases Inevitable?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/20/are-rare-earth-price-increases-inevitable/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/20/are-rare-earth-price-increases-inevitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stuart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PGM's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare earth ETFs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem everyone is taking an interest in rare earth metals these days. Not so long ago a casual observer could have been forgiven for thinking they were called rare earths because it was rare for anyone to take the slightest interest in them. Now there are conferences and blog sites and lobby groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several Metals Named as Possible Cancer Causes in New Report</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/19/several-metals-named-as-possible-cancer-causes-in-new-report/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/19/several-metals-named-as-possible-cancer-causes-in-new-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Product developments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cobalt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indium phosphide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[titanium dioxide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer cites 20 possible cancer sources several of which include metals. According to the Chicago Tribune, sponsors of the research The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIOSH) and the National Cancer Institute named the following metal containing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best of Rare Earth Metals</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/05/best-of-rare-earth-metals-2/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/05/best-of-rare-earth-metals-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[conflict minerals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://agmetalminer.com/?p=4965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this July 4 holiday weekend we thought it might make for a good time to review some of our “Best of” posts. We have selected these pieces based on timeliness of content, traffic and general interest. MetalMiner started publishing back in December of 2007. We focused our writing primarily on major industrial metals markets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Minerals in Congo: Enough! Project’s Mixed Messages</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/01/conflict-minerals-in-congo-enough-project%e2%80%99s-mixed-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/01/conflict-minerals-in-congo-enough-project%e2%80%99s-mixed-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global trade developments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sourcing strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict minerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The DC-based advocacy group Enough! Project is calling on consumers to raise awareness around the fact that their beloved electronics contain the “3Ts” (tin, tungsten, and tantalum) as well as gold, all rare earth minerals that are illegally mined in the Congo, where profits go to “armed groups&#8230;that regularly commit conscious-shocking atrocities as they jockey [...]]]></description>
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