India appears poised to grow rapidly in the future but such an outcome is by no means assured. Moving faster with reform in the current optimistic environment will have large payoffs.

China needs to continue to tighten monetary conditions. There is a need clearly for additional measures.

Japan's recovery is becoming much more entrenched. In Europe there is growing hope growth will pick up. Also, the U.S. and China are performing very well.

We are moving faster and achieving more,

The outcome here is not assured, and so I think one must view it as a process that is an important step forward, and I think many, many important and difficult steps remain,

This project is among the very few worldwide that is poised to rapidly come on-line to help meet burgeoning global demand for base and precious metals that we all need and use every day.