Price of China’s strategic germanium hits record high on possible state buying
China supplies 60% of the world's germanium, which is used in applications such as fibre optic cables, solar cells and infrared technology.
Emerging market central banks have been the biggest official buyers of gold over the past year or so with total net central bank purchases the largest since 1964 last year at 445 tonnes. Central banks know that the only protection for their deposits…
