Media Release: Standard Bank.

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MEDIA RELEASE PR19269 Supply, Demand & Currencies Critical Factors in Successful Commodity Investment, Says Standard Bank HONG KONG, June 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Investors should not automatically assume China has an insatiable appetite for commodity imports, according to Standard Bank, lead sponsor of Commodity Investment World Asia 2005

"China is one of the most efficient commodity producers in the world and its growing influence in the commodity market cuts both ways," stressed Andrew King, Global Head of Resources Banking, Standard Bank, in the conference's opening address in Hong Kong today

While he acknowledged China's increasing demand for commodities to support …