RE:Hey Dan,I do recall reading, 15 years ago, that China was mining gold from mines that had an estimated break even cost of $2200 per ounce. I believe gold was $700ish at the time. It does not appear that they really care what the price is. My coun dealer, years ago, stated that he had to put in his website that he would not ship to China; they were draining every product that he had.