World Metal Markets


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The United States holds strategic stockpiles of nearly 100 industrial minerals, metals, and other commodities. These stockpiles have influenced the world commodity markets in many ways. This work brings together in one place, documentary and statistical evidence about the size and nature of the U.S. strategic stockpiles, and the ways in which this influence has been evidenced, in markets for the important industrial metals.







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Africa


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Gold


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The eight articles first appeared as volume 6 (no date) of Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy review. They review new methods of recovery for gold, and to some extent, silver, focus on the particular challenges of extraction from carbonaceous ores and from various sulfide-bearing ore, and the treatment of refractory gold ore, and discuss high-temperature and biological oxidation, high- temperature chlorination, and removing metals from leach liquor. Book club price, $40. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




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Information Circular


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The Gulf And The West


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This book examines the military capabilities of various potential threats, the capabilities of Saudi Arabia and other friendly Gulf states, and the capabilities of Western power projection forces.




Africa


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Global Resources and International Conflict


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This study evaluates the influence of geographical distribution of natural resources and differential population growth on strategic and military policymaking and presents an expanded, environmentally-based view of international security.