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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>I’ve just
ordered some bellmetal – it has rocketed up since the beginning of the
year! Purchase price is now £6560 per tonne – easily the highest price we
have had to pay.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>Given that the
price was virtually static at £100/cwt for probably 25 years or so, does that
make it pro rata more or less expensive now than say 1988?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>Andrew Higson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Eayre and Smith Ltd</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>The Bellfoundry</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>Loughborough</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Baskerville Old Face"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Baskerville Old Face"'>Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305
Registered in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>
No. 1352309</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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