Commodity Investing: From Theory to Practice · Dr MAI Huu MinhChapter 10 of 22 · Module 3: The sectors
CHAPTER 10
Industrial Metals
Copper, aluminium, nickel, zinc and steel
Opening question
“Why do economists call copper the metal with a doctorate in economics?”
In this chapter
- Copper as a barometer of the world economy and of electrification
- Aluminium: a metal made from electricity, with a worked cost example
- Nickel, zinc, lead and tin, and the 2022 nickel crisis
- Iron ore and steel, the largest metal market of all
- Mines, smelters, ore grades and concentration of supply
- Exchange inventories, warehouses and the shape of the curve
- China's central role and the importance of its property sector
- How to invest in industrial metals, and what they mean for Vietnam
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Chapter 1 is free to read online. The full text of chapter 10 — with its tables, figures, worked examples and practice lab — is available in the complete edition of Commodity Investing: From Theory to Practice (Volume 2, NXW Investment Library).
Read Chapter 1 freeGet the full book — contact@nxw.vnSections of this chapter
10.1 Copper: the metal with a doctorate in economics
10.2 Aluminium: electricity in solid form
10.3 Nickel, zinc, lead and tin
10.4 Iron ore and steel
10.5 Mines and smelters
10.6 Exchange inventories and warehouses
10.7 China and Asia
10.8 Investing in industrial metals
10.9 Industrial metals in Vietnam