Upward trend in copper soon over?
Copper has always been one of the most sought-after metals, and demand for the semi-precious metal will remain high in the future, as copper is…
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Silver – a metal of the future
For a long time, quite little attention was paid to the precious metal silver. As “the little man’s gold”, silver was not overly interesting to…
Glencore plc – the leading company in the raw materials industry
Anyone who deals with the commodities industry, from mining to trading, cannot avoid the absolute industry giant Glencore plc. The Swiss conglomerate is currently the…
Osmium – the insider tip among the precious metals
Precious metals include a total of eight different metals. Osmium is one of them. Many may have hardly heard of this metal, because compared to…
Gold – From the mine to manufacturing -part 3
It is a long and complicated way until pure gold is available in the generally known form. Even the mining of the precious metal is…
Gold – From the mine to manufacturing -part 2
More than 6000 years ago, people discovered gold as a precious commodity for themselves. Since then, the precious metal has been mined all over the…
Gold – From mine to production -part 1
No other raw material exerts such fascination on people as gold. Gold is rare, almost indestructible and extremely noble. For a long time, gold was…
Why rare earths are not produced in Europe
Hardly any modern technology product can do without one or more of the rare earth metals. However, rare earths are not as rare as the…
The world’s largest raw material producers
Raw materials have been coveted since time immemorial. Their deposits are spread all over the globe and, depending on the raw material, there are large…
New York Mercantile Exchange – the world’s largest commodity futures exchange
Trade in raw materials can be traced back to ancient times. But probably raw materials were already traded in the Stone Age. Commodity trading thus…