This book gives a detailed monographic description of the main commodities: crude oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, iron, manganese, aluminium, chromium, nickel, cobalt, titanium, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, platinum group metals, rare metals including molybdenum, tungsten and tin, industrial minerals, diamond and gems, food commodities and livestock. This book includes characteristics of the world's crude oil and natural gas network, information on crude oil, LNG, and coal ports and terminals, tanker and LNG fleet, new world pipeline projects, etc. Information on geopolitics and geoeconomy of commodities as well as comparative and correlation analysis of commodity prices are also given.
Introduction; General Overview of Commodities: Definition, Classification, Trade Principles; Energy Resources: General Overview; Oil: World Resources, Production, Demand, & Prices; Natural Gas: World Resources, Production, Demand, & Prices; Coal: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Uranium: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Ferrous & Light Metals: Introductory Remarks; Iron: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Manganese: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Aluminum: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Other Ferrous & Light Metals; Non-Ferrous Metals: Introductory Remarks; Copper: World Resources, Production, Demand & Pricing; Lead & Zinc: World Resources, Production, Demand & Prices; Noble Metals: Introductory Remarks; Gold: World Resources, Production, Demand & Pricing; Platinum & Silver: World Resources, Production, Demand & Pricing; Rare Metals: World Resources, Production, Demand & Pricing; Industrial Minerals: General Overview; Diamond & Gems: World Resources, Production, Demand & Pricing; Food Commodities & Livestock: General Overview; Economics of Commodities in the Globalized World; Basic Conclusions; Index.