Armenian Finance Ministry: Dec 19-25 prices for precious metalsDecember 19, 2011 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The State Depository of Precious Metals and Gemstones Agency at the Armenian Ministry of Finance set the government purchase and release prices per gram of chemically pure metal (standard bullion) for Dec 19-25, the Ministry’s press office reported. According to information provided, the set prices are as follows: Gold: purchase price: AMD 18387.87 (-1167.19), release price 19986.81 (-1268.69); Silver: purchase price: 341.46 (-24.41), release price: 371.15 (-26.53); Platinum: purchase price: 16457.29 (-732.69), release price: 17888.36 (-796.4); Palladium: purchase price is 7229.96 (-249.47), release price is 7858.65 (-271.16). Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news |