35th Anniversary Dinner
The MMTA's 2008 London Metals Week dinner saw a change from our traditional hosts, the Royal Automobile Club, to the larger Institute of Directors (IoD) a few doors down Pall Mall. Following the association's recent growth 2008's dinner was the largest ever, with over 230 attendees from 30 countries.
In another break with years past there was no after-dinner speaker which had been a contentious issue for many years due to the international nature and tastes of our membership. However, judging by the rocking and rolling witnessed on the dance-floor, the addition of a late-bar and live music appeared to be popular with those present!
No MMTA Anniversary Dinner is ever complete without a charity raffle and this year's beneficiary was the Cary-Mufulira Community Partnership Trust, a charity with strong links with the town of Mufulira at the heart of the Copperbelt in Zambia, a major metal producing region.
The raffle, for ten 1kg silver ingots kindly donated by Lipmann Walton & Co Ltd, raised a significant amount, but it was when several winners donated their ingots for auction the serious money appeare
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Stapleford Trading, Commexim and Metal Events bought bullion and the final amount raised for charity was in excess of £4500.
Special thanks to Mrs Nicholson for a spectacular birthday cake and our sponsors London Chemicals & Resources and The Royal Bank of Scotland.
