Minerals Price Increases and VolatilityInclude Color CD.

Intro -- MINERALS PRICE INCREASES AND VOLATILITY -- MINERALS PRICE INCREASES AND VOLATILITY -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DRIVERS OF U.S. MINERAL DEMAND -- INTRODUCTION -- DRIVERS OF U.S. MINERAL DEMAND -- Population -- Consumption -- Construction -- Highways and Bridges -- Residential Housing -- Transportation -- Legislation -- Consumer Choices -- Recycling -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES CITED -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 MINERALS PRICE INCREASES & VOLATILITY: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION1 -- Organization of Report -- The Rise in Metal Minerals Prices -- Causes of Minerals Price Increases -- Metals Mineral Resources -- Issues for Congress -- OVERVIEW OF MINERALS PRICE TRENDS7 -- The Rise in Industrial Metals Prices -- Iron Ore and Steel Prices -- A Reversal of the Twentieth Century Decline in Metals Prices? -- COMMODITY MARKETS AND MINERALS PRICE INCREASES35 -- Demand for Commodities -- Supply of Commodities -- Market Power -- Market Prices -- Financial Markets -- CHINA'S GROWING ROLE AS A MINERALS CONSUMER43 -- METALS MINERAL RESOURCES AVAILABILITY55 -- Mineral Commodity Analyses -- Iron Ore -- Aluminum (Bauxite/Alumina) -- Copper -- Manganese -- Molybdenum73 -- Zinc.79 -- Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) -- Uranium86 -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS99 -- Financial Market Policy Issues100 -- Federal Minerals Policy Issues -- CONCLUSION104 -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.