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English: This chart shows the nominal price of gold along with the price in 1971 and 2011 dollars (adjusted based on the consumer price index). The historical gold price was obtained from www.igolder.com; CPI was obtained from www.rateinflation.com. The data is in section Chart Data.
The main commodities traded on the Exchange have been Gold, Silver and Crude Oil. There are various contracts in each. Gold has eight contracts namely Gold 1 ounce, Gold 100 ounce, Gold 1 Tola, Gold 50 Tola, Gold 100 tola, Gold Kilo, Gold 100 g, and Minigold 10 g. Tola gold and minigold are deliverable contracts.
On 21 January 1980 the gold fixing reached the price of $850, a figure not surpassed until 3 January 2008 when a new record of $865.35 per troy ounce was set in the a.m. fixing. However, when indexed for inflation, the 1980 high corresponds to a price of $2,305.18 in 2011 dollars, [ 3 ] thus the 1980 record still holds in real terms .
Balochistan has the most mineral deposits among the provinces of Pakistan, with Sindh rich in coal deposit and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rich in gems. Oil, gas and minerals used in nuclear energy purposes are mined by the federal government. The mining of other minerals is a provincial concern. Currently around 52 minerals are mined and processed in ...
Amongst the alloys made of gold, silver, and copper, the hardest is the 18.1 K pink gold (75.7% gold and 24.3% copper). An alloy with only gold and silver is the hardest at 15.5 K (64.5% gold and 35.5% silver). During ancient times, due to impurities in the smelting process, gold frequently turned a reddish color.
The tola formed the base for units of mass under the British Indian system, and was also the standard measure of gold and silver bullion. [1] Although the tola has been officially replaced by metric units since 1956, [ 8 ] it is still in current use, and is a popular denomination for gold bullion bars in Bangladesh , India , Nepal , Pakistan ...
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China. Cupro Nickel, Copper 75%, Nickel 25%. The coin shall be round, Dimension of 30 mm (and weight of 13 grams). 100,000 [14] 24 100 Rupee Coin August 13, 2021 To commemorate the 100th anniversary of NED (Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw) University Karachi.
Following the international credit crisis and spikes in crude oil prices, Pakistan's economy could not withstand the pressure, and on 11 October 2008, the State Bank of Pakistan reported that the country's foreign exchange reserves had gone down by $571.9 million to $7,749.7 million. [64]