"Stephen Briggs" (born 1951) is a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld. The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, the first Discworld map, was co-designed by Briggs and Pratchett and painted by Stephen Player in 1993. The Discworld Mapp, A Tourist Guide to Lancre and Death's Domain followed.

The Discworld encyclopaedia The Discworld Companion, published in 1995 with updated editions in 1998 and 2003, is derived from Briggs' database of Discworld information. In 2007 Briggs published Wit and Wisdom of Discworld, a compilation of quotes from the Discworld novels. He also collaborated with Pratchett in the books The Discworld Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. Briggs has also recorded audiobook versions of certain Discworld works, in editions released by Isis Publishing and by HarperCollins in the US.

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Most people agree it's the metal of the year for general fundamentals, but they are all heavily affected by massive speculation.

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I don't see any reason why this interest in gold will go away.

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There is no guarantee that there will be buyers, but the point is that the market thinks and hopes that they will and that's just the sort of bullish spin, even if it is against the actual fact.

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For the time being, nobody wants to miss out.

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The appetite for metal commodities is enormous at the moment.

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We are now in a situation really where investor interest is so much that gold can benefit if the dollar declines, but it doesn't suffer particularly if the dollar strengthens.

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In all, we forecast that world lead production will grow by 5.5%-6.0% in 2006 and 4%-4.5% in 2007.

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However, in the current heady environment of massive investor interest in metals, we have little confidence that this will happen soon.

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So it doesn't matter really whether it is or it isn't, the gold market has decided it is an issue.

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