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Metals – as important as the air you breath! |
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Without metals nothing would work properly on our planet. Nevertheless, they are hardly noticed by us. In the meantime they are regarded as a matter of course and we barley think about them. And nor what our life would look like without them. There wouldn´t be cars, motorbikes, houses, computers, mobile phones and even the Jeans or the pair of trouser, which you are maybe wearing at the moment, wouldn´t exist. In fact you wouldn´t be able to hang up a picture. Modern life would simply not be possible. Because metals are as important as the air you breath.
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Metals – an important basis of all branches of industry |
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Metals are one of the most important basis for all of the worlds producing industrials branches. This applies also for the German industry. The German industry suffers a lot because of the enormously increased prices as well as the supply bottlenecks of some metallic raw materials. What makes it additionally difficult, are the big influences of economically booming countries on the global market like e.g. China. China assures itself fast and unbureaucratic all available raw materials in the raw material producing countries, to foster its strong economical growth within its own country. The demand of metallic raw materials seems to be above an all immeasurably high. As a result, the commodity prices increased on average by 50-80% during the last years.
The German Chancellor A. Merkel and the President of the Federation of German Industry J. Thumann expect, that the high price phase will continue or even the prices will rise again due to the economic growth in the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Thurmann assumes, that there will be no change or relaxation, as far as prices are concerned, up to 2015.

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Metals – valuable and scarce |
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The so-called BRICs need a huge amount of metals for the construction of their infrastructure and industry. China for itself is one of the biggest consumers of many metals nowadays. According to assessments from experts, China will need about ¼ of all industrial metals globally offered for its future economical growth. The present shortage, which has a price enhancing influence on the market, is due to the fact, that the developement of new deposists was neglected in the past. The readiness to invest into the developement of new mines was very low. This is one of the major causes for the current shortage of supply on industrially urgently needed metals. Due to the fact that the developement of new deposits can drag on many years, you can not count on the mining enterprises to increase their supply in the short run. Annually, Germany alone imports metalic raw materials in the amount of approximately 20 Bn. Euro. A shortness in supply, bottlenecks and also the current upheavals on the global financial markets can boost the metal prices continuously. The impacts, even for the German industry, are not forseeable.

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Can Metals contribute to financial security? |
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The current developments on the financial markets, as well as the unforseeable impacts on the buying power of our financial assets, should make us think. We live in an expanded financial system, which is out of proportion to the real values. The real asset value of nearly all investment classes is almost every time below the real market value. Above all speculations, greedy behaviour and the pursuit of an even higher interest rate, determine the development within these investment classes. The history of humanity has shown that the property of physical metals has led humans to prosperity and security within generations. And this won´t change in the future. The current situation on the financial markets shows significantly, that physical property of real asset values as e.g. metals, offers a higher security than non-cash certificates of e.g. Lehmann Brothers. |
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Metals – because we only believe in real values |
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During the elaboration of our product it was very important for us, that the selected metals cover as much key industries as possible and are part of future technologies at the same time. To be more independent of economical cycles, it is not possible that the metals are traded at the stock exchange. Only supply and demand should determine the market price. This will reduce price and quantity manipulations, as it is possible for certificates. Neither are the metals allowed to be radioactive, toxic, imflammable or highly corrosive nor should they be subject to an aging process. This would have negative effects on their shelf life. Pureness and form should present a highly solvent market so that they can be placed in the key industries. In favor of industrial standards we set highest pureness, special forms or special units aside.
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Why being an owner of metal is very important for you |
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During the past, those people who owned metal, have been regarded as prosperous. This hasn’t changed today. Metals are precious, scarce and needed urgently. Metals make you feel save by possessing something, which has and always will have a value. By contrast you´ll find paper money, certificates, bond issues etc. of which the promised value can vanish into thin air overnight.
- To own metal also means security for our children. Our country desperately needs raw materials, because without them everything stagnates. Metals stand for employment and therefore for jobs for our children.
- To own metals means progress. German technology was and always will be globally leading. But without metallic raw materials progress isn´t possible.
- To own metal means independence. Germany is dependent on the import of metals. In case a producing country will stop its supply, complete branches of industries won´t be able to produce anymore.
With your decision to buy metals, you will contribute to security, progress and independence. Those are important pre-conditions for a secured future of our country and our children. |
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