And some colleagues who intend to start producing 60 tonnes a year of a rare earth metal when then current market is perhaps 5.
Given current consumption of the metal, this is sufficient for only 13 years and less than that if CIGS technology takes-off.
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The solution was a lid of metal foil that vaporizes when an electrical current passes through it.
One of his current challenges is to design a metal case for a cellular phone, which may appeal to environmentally conscious consumers who disapprove of plastic.
Nomura analysts listed a few signs that might signal the end of the current weakness of gold including the metal not being correlated with the euro, prices rising during Asian trading hours and inflows into exchange-traded gold funds.
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Imports of the metal have contributed to the country's wide current-account deficit.
All of this is supportive for gold prices, and it may prompt people to buy the yellow metal as an inflation hedge as worries that the current high oil prices will last into the summer, said Bart Melek, vice president and director, head of commodity strategy, rates and foreign exchange research and TD Securities.
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The Indian government is keen to discourage gold purchases as imports of the precious metal is one of the main reasons for a widening current account deficit.
Anodizing involves dipping the aluminum into a bath of chemicals and running an electric current through it, which helps to protect the metal against corrosion and makes it easier to adhere color.
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Many of the tiny metal pieces are cut with a new mechanical process that runs electric current through a hair-thin filament.
Imports of the precious metal have been a major contributor to India's wide trade and current-account deficits.
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Current reserves of tin, of tungsten, tantalum, any other metal or mineral you care to think about.
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At current prices, 400m euros' worth of gold amounts to about 10.36 tonnes of metal.
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