Metals commentary: Platinum market balanced in 2010, says Johnson Matthey
The following was released by Johnson Matthey and is based on its Platinum 2011 report which can found at www.platinum.matthey.com.
Volume 97 Number 15 May 30 - Jun 5, 2011
Daily metal prices (May 30, 2011)
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More violence at Barrick’s North Mara
The problems continue for Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) in Tanzania, only now the Toronto-based miner is slightly shielded by the company it spun the assets into – African Barrick Gold (ABG-L).
Canadian gold mutual funds (May 30, 2011)
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China Coal aims to become a mid-tier producer (May 30, 2011)
Feng Lishe was born in Xinjiang – a province in remote northwestern China where per capita GDP typically averages US$2,000 a year in the cities, and about half that in the countryside.