At an educational training workshop held at SEMICON China 2011, which focussed on best practice in wire bonding technology, industry professionals discussed the latest developments in bonding wire materials.
At an educational training workshop held at SEMICON China 2011, which focussed on best practice in wire bonding technology, industry professionals discussed the latest developments in bonding wire materials.
The World Gold Council, on behalf of its members, has submitted two documents in response to the SEC consultation on the regulations to implement the Dodd-Frank ‘conflict minerals’ legislation (the Act). The World Gold Council is fully supportive of the humanitarian intentions underpinning the Act of preventing gold or other minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being misused to fund or otherwise benefit armed groups and of rooting out ‘conflict minerals’ from the supply chain.
2010 was an outstanding year for gold, with strong demand across all sectors, the World Gold Council said today. Gold demand for the year reached a ten year high with annual demand of 3,812.2 tonnes worth approximately US$150 billion. On 9 November 2010, this demand led to a new record gold price of US$1,421.0/oz on the London PM fix.