Minerals Price Increases and Volatility: Causes and Consequences

Cooney, Stephen ; Pirog, Robert ; Folger, Peter ; Humphries, Marc ; Nanto, Dick K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Mineral industries;    Minerals;    Mines and mineral resources;    Foreign trade;   

RP-ID  :  RL34695
RP-ID  :  RL34695_2008Oct03

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses China's efforts to improve and increase its access to foreign mineral resources, which may have the effect of raising prices for U.S. domestic industrial users. The report examines in detail the relationship between prices, production, and availability of selected metal minerals essential to the U.S. economy. It focuses on iron ore, aluminum (bauxite/alumina), copper, manganese, molybdenum (moly), zinc, platinum group metals (PGMs), and uranium.