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Central banks double last year's gold buys

Michael Allan McCrae | August 17, 2012 | 5:30 am Precious Metals Asia China Europe Gold 

Central banks demand for gold in the second quarter reached 157.2 tonnes, a record high and more than double last year's Q2, according to the World Gold Council, which released its gold survey on Thursday. Stand-outs—countries that had a yen...

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