In case you are trading mining stocks, this will be of interest to you
http://www.atimes.com/article/e-cars-and-smartphones-spark-a-new-gold-rush/
Thanks Gunter!
Thank you for bringing this up Gunter....
.... it quickly reminded me of one of my favorite historical charts which is RHODIUM...
....apparently somewhere in 2004, somebody figured out how to smoke it and get high....
With China being the major source for the rare earth elements, it could cause big trouble if they decided to use it against us aka cut-off the supply.