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To: NYBob1 who wrote (27)	2/8/2007 11:43:39 AM
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After six hours of talks, Mr Morales promised a fund - to improve working conditions for the miners - Bolivia Miners call off protest - Miners in La Paz - 7/2/2007 Investment fund - Bolivia's President Mr Morales - said the agreement marked a reconciliation with the mining co-operatives, which about 55,000 of Bolivia's - independent miners belong to - "I've never thought about stamping out mining co-operatives, as some have said," he said after the long meeting - with mining leaders - The miners want co-operatives to be exempt from a tax rise - Bolivian miners have ended their protest in La Paz - over tax increases after reaching agreement - with President Evo Morales - "This government belongs to the grassroots movements - they (mining cooperatives) have been part of - this government and they have to continue," Mr Morales added - The president promised a $10m (£5.07m) government fund - to invest in the mining co-operatives and said he - would expand the area where they can mine - Bolivia's extensive mineral deposits are state-owned - The co-operatives had been staunch supporters of the president until last October when they accused Mr Morales of supporting state-employed miners in a violent dispute at the Huanuni mine in which 16 people were killed - Even before the protest began on Tuesday, the government - went back on its plan to raise taxes on - the independent miners. Instead, officials said the tax increase would be directed - at larger private mining companies - President Morales wants to keep the small co-operatives - on his side while still taxing the foreign energy companies, the BBC's Americas editor Will Grant says. Bolivia's mineral exports were worth more than $1bn last year, but the government says it only collected $45.5m in taxes from the mining sector. tinyurl.com youtube.com globalfire.tv globalfire.tv Franklin Mining SILVER Bullions Mar 2007 (NYMEX:SI.H07) - liveSilverchart - Franklin Mining GOLD Bullions (FOREX:XAUUSDO) - liveGoldchart - Franklin Mining - FMNJ - Silver Deposits 20 Largest Undeveloped - Saved To The World's Liberty - Fys. DD........ - Cerro Rico – Bolivia – Corporación Minera de Bolivia [COMIBOL] and Franklin Mining Inc (FMNJ) - investorshub.com Subject 56926 Most investors compare one good comp. to the rest - to find what is undervalued to oversold - to find the great strategic bargain - with the most potentials to growth - profit etc. - to be at the right place - at the right time - Compare Frankling Mining and PM's Mines - to other mining companies - Silver Deposits 20 Largest Undeveloped - Saved To The World's Liberty - Fys. DD........ WHAT MADE CERRO RICO SO BIG? - Cerro Rico dominates the town of Potosi, and its Ag production has never been matched. When one compares Cerro Rico to other BPV deposits, three features stand out as being exceptional: The phenomenal Silver resource - Cerro Rico - INCA - has produced - almost five times more Silver than any other BPV deposit - still only at the top of the huge deeper deposits - IMO. TIA. FMNJ - Mission - investorshub.com Subject 56926

To: NYBob1 who wrote (27)	2/8/2007 3:16:15 PM
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Boliden Says Zinc Production Shortfall to Persist Through 2007 2007-02-08 09:00 (New York) By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Boliden AB, Europe's second-largest zinc producer, said a shortfall of the metal used to galvanize steel will continue this year as users increase purchases after running down inventories in 2006. Zinc users consumed about 100,000 tons of stockpiled metal last year and will need to replenish those inventories, Stockholm-based Boliden said today in an e-mailed report. Boliden's forecast contrasts with that of Societe Generale, which predicts a zinc surplus of 70,000 tons this year. The global zinc market has been in shortfall for the past three years, driving prices up threefold. The deficit last year was 400,000 tons, Boliden said. UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, says it may have been as much as 500,000 tons. Zinc output expanded 4.7 percent to 10.7 million tons last year and usage grew 3.9 percent to 11 million tons, Boliden said today. Mine production gained 3.6 percent to 10.5 million tons, turning the market for the raw material for zinc, known as concentrate, toward balance following several years of shortage, Boliden said. The world copper market will have a surplus again this year after global stockpiles increased in 2006, the company said. Growing demand in China, the world's largest consumer of the metal, drove global use up 5.4 percent to 17.8 million tons last year, the company said. Production grew 6.4 percent to 17.6 million tons. China sold about 200,000 tons of copper from its strategic stockpiles last year, increasing global supply, Boliden said. ``A balanced copper market is expected in the beginning of 2007, and during the year a reduced copper surplus is expected,' Boliden said. --Editor: Carrigan. news.tradingcharts.com