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Base metals handbook

by Martin Thompson

IndustriesHandbooks, manualsNonferrous metal industriesBUSINESS & ECONOMICSGeneralMetal tradeMetals as an investment

First published in looseleaf format in 1993, Base Metals Handbook has been described as the bible of the metals trading community. The looseleaf is divided into seven sections. The first of these provides a general introduction to the history, structure and workings of the base metals markets, with particular reference to the London Metal Exchange (LME). The following sections review aluminium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel and tin. Each of the sections on a particular metal reviews extraction and refining, the major markets for the metal, and the trading environment. The looseleaf includes data.

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