Gold increasing foreign exchange, the world's gold reserves and their trading market have become a small fraction of all markets and fixed exchange rates of currencies to gold have been replaced by floating prices for gold and gold future contract. Though the gold stock grows by only 1 or 2% per year, very little metal is irretrievably consumed. Inventory above ground would satisfy many decades of industrial and even artisan uses at current prices. The gold proportion (fineness) of alloys is measured by karat (k). Pure gold (commercially termed "fine" gold) is designated as 24 karat, abbreviated 24k. English gold coins
Pure Garage 2007; after just two weeks on sale it had already earned itself Gold disc status with over 100,000 copies sold. "The Very Best Of Pure Garage", released on 1 December 2008, is the first "Pure Garage" CD that was not mixed by DJ EZ, rather mixed by Matt "Jam" Lamont. In March 2011, a new compilation was released, named "Pure Garage Anthems", mixed by Jason Kaye of Top Buzz. Some titles were also released on cassette and vinyl. Pure Garage Pure Garage is a successful series of UK garage compilation albums. Nearly all of them are mixed by DJ EZ.