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Nevertheless you may find through the links mentioned below, international price information.

The Commodity Price Bulletin is a monthly publication by UNCTAD which contains monthly average of prices of copper, London Metal Exchange, Grade A, Cash and US producer, Wire Bars, f.o.b. refinery.

Futures exchanges prices

http://www.lme.co.uk
The London Metals Exchange site provides up-to-date information on copper futures and options contracts, and general information about the copper market.

http://www.shfe.com.cn/english/prod02.html
The Shanghai Futures Exchange provides copper daily and historical prices, and futures contract specifications.

http://www.nymex.com/
Copper futures are also traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange Apart from the current price quotes and charts, the site provides some historic price data.

http://www.shme.com/shme.htm
The Shanghai Metal Exchange (SHME) is a national exchange for non-ferrous metals futures. This web site has not been up-to-date since 1999. Until this date, you can find (in excel format) copper daily prices, a comparison of futures prices between the LME, the SHME and spot prices of the SHME over several years. This site also contains weekly reports on copper market trends.

Current price information

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/crb.html
Bloomberg.com provides up-to-date copper futures prices and market news.

www.metalbulletin.com
Metal Bulletin provides to its subscribers twice-weekly reports on a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including current prices.

http://www.nickelalloy.com
You can get the needed information by going to this web site where you have current data (spot and future quotes from London), but delayed. This site also provides reports on market's trends.

http://www.alaron.com/quotes.htm
Alaron Trading provides daily copper prices.

http://asiaonemarkets.com/derivatives/lonmetal.shtml
This site provides price quotes of London with a few days of delay.

http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/pinksheets
The World Bank provides (in html and acrobat format) commodity price data. You can find annual, quarterly, and monthly averages. The pink sheet for each month contains the data from the previous month.

 

Country-level prices

http://minerals.usgs.gov
The United States Geological Survey provides (in acrobat format) United States aluminium average annual prices from 1850 to 1998. The factors underlying the price developments are also concisely described.

http://finance.indiamart.com
The India Finance and Investment guide provides the physical prices from several cities in India. These prices are provided on a daily basis.


General price information sources

http://www.reuters.com/products
Reuters delivers news and prices to customer screens. It provides datafeeds to financial markets and the software tools to analyse data. Transaction products enable traders to deal in the foreign exchange, futures and options and securities markets.

http://www.commods.reuters.com
The Reuters web site provides the latest commodity market news, including on prices.
It gives also a wide range on information relative to commodities.

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe
The Financial Express provides news on commodity prices, published by Reuters.

http://www.info.ft.com
Financial Times associated with Interactive Data provides to its members, information on the commodity markets, including prices.

Off-line information

Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics 1994-1999 published by UNCTAD contains up-to-date and consistent data at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms. It has been recognized by the industry as the first comprehensive publication which provides both quantities and values for these products. Its specialized coverage, focusing on world trade of minerals and metals, allows for the timely publication of the most recent data available. http://www.unctad.org/infocomm/handbook


Roskill's Metals Databook 2000 (580 US$) contains a detailed, comprehensive overview of the production and prices of 32 metals to end 1999: country-by-country analysis of production; production and ownership data for individual companies; and long-term price series. For more information: http://www.roskill.co.uk/rmd.html