Mineral Resources

Purpose: Guide to locating information about mineral commodities.

Search for current industry and economic information by using one of these databases:

• ABI/INFO - business information
• LexisNexis Academic Universe
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage - Company and industry data
• Plunkett Research Online Market research and statistics for energy and other industries.

Background information about mineral resources can be found in books and encyclopedias such as:

• Access Science - a science encyclopedia
• Mineral Facts and Problems [find this book!]
• Industrial Minerals and Rocks [find this book!]
• Industrial Minerals Handybook [find this book!]
• World Atlas of Geology and Mineral Deposits [find this book!]
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - for processes related to mineral production

• Commodity Minerals Information of the U.S. Geological Survey (Minerals Yearbooks 1994-date)
• Minerals Yearbook (U.S. Bureau of Mines) 1932 -1993 volumes
• Minerals and Mining Statistics Division, Natural Resources Canada
• Commodity Yearbook 2003 – published by the United Nations, this contains multi-year information on quantity and value of 10 minerals - aluminum, copper, iron, lead, manganese, nickel, phosphate, sulphur, tin, and zinc.

• Mining Cost Service
• Plunkett Research Online - market research and statistics for energy and other industries.
• CNN Financial News - Commodities Prices Current prices for selected mined commodities.
• The Financials.Com Commodity Library
• New York Mercantile Exchange Data on current and historic metal and energy prices.
• London Metal Exchange The LME also has data on current and historic metal and energy prices.
• Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census)
• Economic Census of the U. S. - Mining sector
• Chemical prices from ICIS Chemical Business

Aggregate

• Natural Aggregate Primer
• Natural Aggregates Section: Minerals Yearbook

Aluminum

• The Aluminum Industry WWW Server
• International Aluminium Institute
• The Aluminium Federation
• Aluminum Statistics and Information (USGS)
  

Antimony

• Antimony Statistics and Information (USGS)
  
• International Antimony Association
  

Bismuth

•  Bismuth Statistics and Information (USGS)

Cadmium

• Cadmium webpage
• Cadmium Statistics and Information (USGS)
• Cadmium Compounds Hazard Summary

Chlorine

• Chlorine Chemistry Council

Chromium

• International Chromium Development Association
• Chromium Statistics and Information (USGS)

Clays

• China Clay Producers Association
• Clays Statistics and Information (USGS)

Cobalt

• Cobalt Development Institute
• Cobalt Statistics and Information (USGS)

Copper

• The Copper Page
• Copper Statistics and Information (USGS) 
  

Gold

• Gold Statistics and Information (USGS)
• World Gold Council  

Gypsum

• Gypsum Association
• Gypsum Statistics and Information (USGS)

Iron and Steel

• American Iron and Steel Institute
• Iron and Steel Statistics and Information (USGS)
• World Steel Association
  

Lead

• International Lead and Zinc Research Organization
• Lead Statistics and Information (USGS)

Magnesium

• International Magnesium Association
• Magnesium in water (Health aspects)
• Magnesium Statistics and Information (USGS)

Mercury

• Mercury Statistics and Information (USGS)

Molybdenum

• International Molybdenum Association
• Molybdenum Statistics and Information (USGS)

Nickel

• INCO (International Nickel Co.)
• International Nickel Study Group
• Nickel Development Institute
• Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association
• Nickel Statistics and Information (USGS)

Phosphate

• Potash and Phosphate Institute
• Phosphate Statistics and Information (USGS)
• Florida Institute of Phosphate Research

Salt

• Salt Institute
• Salt Statistics and Information (USGS)
  

Selenium

• Selenium Information Resources on the WWW
• Selenium database - citations to literature on health aspects of selenium.
• Selenium and Tellurium Statistics and Information (USGS)
  

Silver

• Silver Institute
• Silver Statistics and Information (USGS)

Tin

• Tin Technology
• Tin Statistics and Information (USGS)

Titanium

• Titanium Data and Reference Manual from Titanium Industries, Inc.
• International Titanium Institute
• Titanium Statistics and Information (USGS)
  

Tungsten

• International Tungsten Industry Association
• Tungsten Statistics and Information (USGS)

Zinc

• International Zinc Association
• International Lead and Zinc Research Organization
• Zinc Statistics and Information (USGS)

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