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Gold catches cold from Aussie dollar headwind


FAILED deals, rising fuel costs and corporate collapses. If Australian gold producers didn’t have enough bad news on their plate, along comes the spectre of a rampaging Australian dollar. The Metal Detective, by Stephen Bell



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