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Article: Jobs to be axed at City precious metals ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 4, 2003 ;     416 words ... ... are to be lost at Birmingham's gold supplier Cookson Precious Metals, after a fall in demand for jewellery, although ... old global company is cutting 160 jobs at its precious metals unit -which has its European HQ in Birmingham ...

Article: Precious metals: materials of diversity: the ...
Medical Device Technology;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... precious For a material scientist, precious metals are those elements that, independent ... it the standard for measuring other precious metals. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Pure precious metals are soft and can be easily deformed ...

Article: Precious-metals recycling a gold mine, of sorts, ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 06-08-2003 Precious-metals recycling a gold mine, of sorts ... little left except three highly prized precious metals -- platinum, palladium, and rhodium ... diamond or gold district of any size, precious metals are the state's second most valuable ...

Article: THE MINNESOTA INVESTOR; Precious metals losing ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... inflation spurred gold bugs to drive up precious metals prices to levels we hadn't seen ... security. But if you had jumped on the precious metals bandwagon early this summer, by now ... investments, the best time to buy precious metals is when nobody else seems to care ...

Article: New Jersey's Precious Metals Industry Does Big ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... little left except three highly prized precious metals -- platinum, palladium, and rhodium ... diamond or gold district of any size, precious metals are the state's second most valuable ... statistics. In 2002, the state exported precious metals and stones worth $1.7 billion ...

Article: The mettle of precious metals.
Financial Adviser;  April 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Research suggests that experimenting with precious metals diversification is worth considering ... time highs, investment exposure to precious metals has certainly helped some investors ... is reasonable to ask then whether precious metals tend to improve portfolio performance ...

Article: Precious Metals: Gold / Silver Recommendation & ...
Business Wire;  October 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Burgeoning Palm Beach County, Florida Precious Metals Broker/Dealer PALM BEACH, FlaO ... long term or even first-time precious metals investors? "The potential for excellent upswing in precious metals is on the horizon," says James ...