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Aluminium
This file is not yet available.
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 aluminium London Metal Exchange, High Grade, Cash.
Futures exchanges prices
http://www.lme.co.uk
The London Metals Exchange web site provides daily up-to-date information
on aluminium futures and options contracts, and general information about
the market.
http://www.nymex.com
Aluminium 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.tocom.or.jp/souba/souba_e.html
The Tokyo Commodity Exchange provides market data. Under "Prices & Trading
Volume", daily prices are available. Moreover, you can find the aluminium
futures contract specifications.
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) aluminium 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 aluminum
market trends.
http://www.shfe.com.cn/english/prod02.html
The Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) provides its aluminium futures contract
specifications, daily and historical prices.
http://www.osamex.com/index_e.html
The site of the Osaka Mercantile Exchange provides its aluminium futures
contract specifications, daily aluminium prices and price quotes over
several years as well as graphs.
Current price information
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.
Historical price information
http://www.enalnewsletter.com/abstract.html
The Enal Newsletter provides reports and charts on the aluminium industry,
including historical prices. On this web site, you can find some past
issues, market reports, and two price charts, on the one hand the aluminium
to steel price ratio from 1910 to 1998. Besides, subscription to the ENAL
Newsletter is US$295.-/year.
http://www.billiton.com/news
On this web site, you can find a chart on aluminium price and Western
world production from 1970 to 1997.
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 aluminium
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
