Pure Nickel Inc. (TSE:NIC,OTC:PNCKF) reports it has reached an agreement with Skye Mineral Partners, LLC regarding a copper project in Utah.

Platinum Today reports that tantalum and platinum may soon replace the materials in a silicon-based flash memory.

Lithium Corporation is an exploration company based in Nevada devoted to the exploration for new lithium resources within the state of Nevada. The Company explores and develops potentially economic lithium-enriched brine fields, with an eye to becoming a long-term producer of this increasingly strategic and economically important commodity.

Reuters reported that positive gold discoveries at Tartan Lake prompted St. Eugene Mining Corp to expand its drilling program.

The price for uranium climbed 4 percent to reach $53.75 per pound, an increase of $2.00 from the spot price for uranium last week. Purchasers of uranium resources over the course of last week have seen demands met with consistently higher prices as the week concluded.

Bloomberg reports that platinum group metals dipped today as concerns over the European debt crisis grow.

Continental Gold Limited (TSE:CNL) reports results for nineteen diamond drill-holes from its ongoing program at its Buriticá project in Antioquia, Colombia.

Reuters Africa reports that China has ordered local governments to cut a total 2.04 million tonnes of aluminium, copper, lead and zinc smelting capacity in 2011.

The Atlantic reports that the Dodd-Frank Act aims to end the trade of conflict metals, like tungsten, from the DRC.

Reuters reports that nickel went untraded today, but still managed to fall as copper, aluminum and zinc also fell.

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Gold prices have rallied to record highs, supported by their “safe haven” appeal for investors seeking shelter from economic uncertainty and a means to guard against inflation.