Oddly, some steel versions fetch more than their gold or steel-and-gold counterparts.
Steel said for gold, higher yields historically have pressured gold prices, while lower yields tended to support gold.
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You can choose between stainless steel with emeralds, yellow gold with diamonds or ruby with black stainless steel.
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In terms of this decade, currency weakness has driven up the nominal prices of commodities ranging from gold to steel to oil, and investment has followed.
Does Venezuela believe that, like Ethiopia, some of its holdings are actually gold-plated steel?
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But Finnish scientists from the Helsinki City Centre for the Environment warn that many earrings exceed these limits - including some billed as gold or surgical steel.
The collection presents a broad range of stylistic combinations with cases in stainless steel, mixed metal variations combining stainless steel and 18-karat red gold, and solid 18-karat red gold all with or without diamonds and available with metal link bracelets and satin or Louisiana alligator straps.
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James Steel analyst, HSBC Securities, said gold has a generally bullish background, but he warns of two situations to mind.
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Spencer Patton, chief investment officer with Steel Vine Investments, pointed out that gold is breaking its recent correlation with the euro.
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Abramovich has stakes in steel giant Evraz and mining firm Highland Gold.
James Steel, analyst at HSBC, said gold markets will continue to be on watch for any developments related to the eurozone debt crisis.
In keeping with the opulence of those times, many thousands of sheets of gold leaf again adorn the steel pillars, lit by vast chandeliers created by glass blowers from Delhi.
Steel said these scenarios could also influence gold prices, too.
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The mine also contains silver, gold and molybdenum (used in steel alloys)--a common combination found in the Peruvian Andes.
The new collection comprises of six models, each available in a limited edition of 1, 888 pieces for the stainless steel versions and 188 pieces for the 18k gold versions.
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India had good monsoon rains that should be constructive for physical gold demand, said HSBC analyst Jim Steel and Bhar.
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It wasn't just the idea of paying gold-watch prices for stainless-steel models that hampered the early adoption of the Royal Oak and the Nautilus.
This is a big deal because in 1972 AP was the first company to use steel in a sports watch rather than a precious metal like silver or gold.
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After all, the Chinese appeared to need every ounce of copper, gold and silver he could sell them, the Japanese were taking the steel, and the Koreans the plastic.
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Phelps said that on a pro forma basis for 2006, its production combined with Freeport s would be approximately 1.9 million tons of copper, 1.8 million ounces of gold and 69 million pounds of molybdenum, a metal used for hardening steel.
The new model comes in an 18k pink gold case with a white dial, an 18k white gold version comes with a grained silver-toned dial, and a steel model available exclusively at Jaeger-LeCoultre boutiques with a sunburst silver-toned dial.
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To watch it, you must steel yourself for baby-stabbing, as well as rat torture and murder by molten gold.
In the newly-opened Marwa Tower mall, a gleaming structure of glass and steel skyscraper next to the Grand Mosque, you may find Puma trainers, Chanel fragrances, gold jewelry, mobile phones and dozens of other gadgets -- alongside religious books and traditional calligraphic art.
On the green front, all steel-framed Connect:Homes are designed to attain LEED Silver certification out the door, with Gold and Platinum certification and net-zero energy status a possibility depending on additional bells and whistles added at the installation site.
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James Steel, analyst, HSBC, said if the Fed postpones any policy action until September it could cause gold to weaken in a short-term move.
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Among the largest underlying components of XME, in trading today McEwen Mining Inc. ( NYSE: MUX) is down about 0.3%, Steel Dynamics Inc. ( NASD: STLD) is down about 1%, and Allied Nevada Gold Corp ( AMEX: ANV) is up by about 0.1%.
James Steel, precious metals analyst at HSBC, said one positive sign for bullion prices is a recovery in the gold-implied lease rates to minus 0.30% from a year-to-date low of minus 0.57% on Dec. 6.
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