What are the reasons for gold's apparent price resilience?
*Financial Times, by Chris Flood, February 15, 2007:
"Industrial and dental demand hit a record 458 tonnes last year,
rising 5 per cent compared to 2005 and surpassing the previous high set
in 2000. The electronics sector reported particularly strong growth,
helped by the increasing use of gold in consumer goods such as flat
screen television panels and circuitry in mobile phones and MP3 music
players.
Demand from the electronics sector increased 11 per cent to 312 tonnes
last year.
Gold is a good conductor of both heat and electricity and is specified
when performance in circuitry is crucial, such as for car air bags,
which increasingly use gold-plated circuit contacts.
Gold is being used in a new range of industrial and medical
applications, including nano-technology, which are still in research or
early production stages, but which could have an impact on demand in
years to come.
It is even being found useful in environmental applications as it can
be used in traps to remove mercury from emissions from coal-fired power
stations.
Tariq Salaria, of Standard Chartered, said a key support for the market
this year would be diversification of foreign exchange reserves by
central banks such as Russia’s and China’s seeking to reduce their
exposure to dollar-denominated assets."
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