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The international tin trade /
A practical and authoritative book covering every aspect of the tin trade beginning with its origins and history including the traumatic events of 1985 and their aftermath, and going on to deal with the mining and production processes. Aspects of the trading process are covered including trading tec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Woodhead Pub. Ltd.,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The International Tin Trade; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Publisher's acknowledgement; Introduction; Chapter 1. The history of tin; The Bronze Age to the Industrial Age; The Industrial Age, 1700-1914; Control in peace and war, 1914-53; Chapter 2. International control, the tin crisis and the free market; Introduction; The International Tin Agreements; The tin crisis; Trading after the crisis; Chapter 3. Consumption and production; Statistical sources; Consumption; Production; Chapter 4. Mining; Occurrence; Deep mining; Opencast mining.
- Gravel pumpsMining with pumps on a pontoon; Hydraulicking; Dulang; Dredges; Mining investment in tin; Chapter 5. Smelting and refining; Smelting; Refining; Secondary tin; Chapter 6. Refined tin; Properties; Standards and brands; Quality assurance; Chapter 7. The uses of tin; Coatings; Non-coating uses of tin; Chapter 8. The structure of the market; Market players; The three international tin markets; Chapter 9. The management of trading; Analysis of tasks; Limits; Risk; Computers; Administration; The means of communication; Chapter 10. The trader-client relationship; Trader specialisations.
- Client liaisonTrading costs; The trading agreement; Client accounts and credit lines; Merchants and producers; Chapter 11. Trading in physical tin; Contract terms; Letters of credit; Value Added Tax and local taxes; Concentrates and residues; Chapter 12. Trading in futures; The exchanges; Forward tin; Hedging; The squeeze; Speculation; Chapter 13. Forecasting tin prices; Technical analysis; Fundamental analysis; Chapter 14. Villainy; Futures markets; Fraud; Physical tin; Concentrates; Smuggling; Chapter 15. The future of tin; Future tin consumption; Environmental considerations.
- Market structureThe outlook for prices; Appendix I: Smelters and brands; Appendix II: World tinplate; Appendix III: Production of tin in concentrates; Appendix IV: Tin metal production; Appendix V: Tin consumption; Appendix VI: ITC price ranges and controls; Appendix VII: Prices; Appendix VIII: The mathematics of trading and foreign exchange; Glossary; Index.