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Information on executive sponsors of the 2015 Platts Global Metals Awards and other supporters may be found at: http://gma.platts.com/AboutSponsor.

Nominations for next year's Platts Global Metals Awards will be accepted starting January 2016.

Platts will hold its sister, founding Awards event, the 17^th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, on December 9, 2015, at Cipriani – Wall Street in New York City.

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