Sapphire and gold market trends

International coal prices fell across last week

As of January 6, the week, the Australian port of Newcastle thermal coal prices reduced $ 1.17 per ton, down 1.02 percent to $ 114.30, in Hong Kong two weeks before the big rise in coal prices, the overall increase of $ 5.19 per tons; South Africa Richard Port thermal coal prices fell 0.7 U.S. dollars per ton, the current price to settle at $ 105.87 per ton, two weeks before the general rise in the $ 4.62 per ton; three ports in Europe ARA coal prices fell the previous week $ 2.16 per ton, or 1.93% was maintained at $ 110.23 per ton price level.

2012, China's coal demand growth will probably slow down the economic slowdown, but the price may be more affected by international price of coal affects, self-rising power shortage.
Despite the recent two weeks showed a significant international coal price rise, but because of the domestic market supply and demand situation is relatively loose, short-term domestic coal market is hard to bring substantial impact.

Gold prices have fallen significantly diminished market gold rush

Since 2008, gold prices continued to rise, while prices have seen a recent significant decline in early December of last year's down more than 440 yuan per gram to 400 yuan, a decrease of thirty or forty yuan per gram. The industry believes that the ghana gold mining on the one hand is affected by the stronger dollar, partly because some investors focus on profit-taking due.

Face of gold prices fell, many people choose a time of low concentration of the gold processing plant to buy, whether it is a time investment in gold bullion or gold jewelry have become a consumer buying the goods. I remember last September when the price of gold reached 400 yuan per gram, when looking at the price of gold so high but also not easy to buy, while since the last time gold prices has been a significant decline price per gram less than $ 400, I would like to take advantage of low prices when the concentration of some gold jewelry to buy.

Since ancient times, sapphire mine sri lanka is world famous supplier of high-grade gems. 3000 years to the world supply of the countless gems. National Museum of the United States 80% of high-grade gems from Sri Lanka, has now become national treasures and gems collected in the National Museum of the many also come from Sri Lanka. The world's largest sapphire, Star Ruby, Star Sapphire, Cat's Eye, Alexander Stone (alexandrite) are from Sri Lanka.