Sara(ph) is a 27-year-old platinum blonde from Poland who works at a real estate agency during the day.
Palladium exchange-traded products have a year-to-date net outflow of 228, 000 ounces so far, although platinum ETPs have a net inflow of 213, 000, she said.
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The labor unrest had left many analysts forecasting a smaller-than-expected market surplus for platinum this year, with some saying the market could even become balanced if the labor disruptions lasted for long enough.
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The problems with PGM production in South Africa come on the heels of news from Norilsk, which said PGM output should be flat year-over-year for 2012, at 2.780 million ounces of palladium and 690, 000 ounces of platinum.
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Last week, HSBC joined a line of banks in cutting its full-year forecasts for average platinum prices.
Its Center for Sustainable Landscapes, a building that is part of a multi-year expansion project, will be built to exceed LEED Platinum standards.
The Amplats news has some market watchers edgy because it was just last year that strikes in South Africa, much of it focused in the platinum-producing region of Rustenburg, caused production losses and pushed prices higher.
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For example, it might buy platinum and sell silver, or buy a thirty-year U.K. bond and sell a ten-year bond.
The platinum-gold ratio, which shows how many ounces of gold are needed to buy an ounce of platinum, stood at 0.8644, a 27-year low.
Several analysts said the strike will have an impact on platinum output this year as the company will struggle to meet year-end production targets and that should support prices in the near-term.
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Earlier this year, at least three people were killed during a six-week strike at the world's second-largest platinum mine, Impala Platinum.
Gold-mine supply is forecast to grow a little more than 4% this year and platinum group metals by around 2% to 3%.
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Warner's sales have also been buoyed by its acquisition last year of prominent independent label Rykodisc and its purchase last January of Roadrunner Records, the home of platinum-selling hard-rock band Nickelback, Wilson said.
Historically platinum has had a price premium over gold, but that changed around late September last year when a poor world economic outlook pinched industrial metals like platinum and buyers sought gold for its safe-haven status or its role as an alternative currency.
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