Copper $ 5.54 / lb 1.09%
Brent Crude Oil $ 70.21 / bbl 0.44%
Palladium $ 1122 / ozt 0.04%
Crude Oil $ 68.63 / bbl 0.66%
Natural Gas $ 3.278 / Btu -2.09%
Silver Futures $ 36.68 / ozt -0.69%
Aluminum Futures $ 2514.5 / ton -0.23%
Micro Gold Futures $ 3299.5 / ozt -0.35%
Micro Silver Futures $ 36.685 / ozt -0.65%
Platinum $ 1384.9 / ozt -0.30%
Gold Futures $ 3300.2 / ozt -0.31%
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To Maximize Uptime, Be Prepared to Change

James Reyes-Picknell | November 23, 2010 | 11:21 pm

Gold — if you can produce it and keep producing it consistently,you can make a tidy profit. But maintenance downtime, unexpected break downs and problems when you start back up all chip away at productive uptime and profitability. Worse, safety...