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<text id=91TT0630>
<title>
Mar. 25, 1991: Business Notes:Mexico
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Mar. 25, 1991 Boris Yeltsin:Russia's Maverick
</history>
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 51
Business Notes
MEXICO
Precious Glut
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<p> At $4.11, the price of a troy ounce of silver is down more
than $1 since late last August. With an international glut and
depressed prices rubbing up against high production costs,
Mexico, the world's largest silver producer, has had to close
down more than 50 mines this year. Hardest hit are the states
of Zacatecas and Guanajuato, where silver mining is "on the
verge of collapse," according to Jose Valdes, president of the
Guanajuato Miners' Association. Officials expect this year's
national output to be 63 million troy ounces, down 11% from
1990.
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<p> To put the shine back in the tarnished industry, the Mexican
Chamber of Mines is considering minting 20,000-peso silver
coins (worth about $6.75). Another idea is to lower the
controlled price for the local handicrafts market. But
silversmiths say such an action would have little effect at the
retail level, since silver makes up only a small part of their
overall costs.
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