ICMM's Annual Review 2007
Author: ICMM
Date: March 2008
Description: ICMM's Annual Review 2007: Essential materials, produced responsibly (pdf version), describes some of the highlights of the past year. The report records how ICMM works to address key issues that affect the mining and metals sector, providing a benchmark for good industry practice.

Silver Institute Report
Author: The Silver Institute
Date: January 2008
Description: Quarterly Report

Our Electrical World Needs Tons of Silver
Author: The Silver Institute
Date: January 2008
Description: By Samuel Etris, Senior Technical Consultant to The Silver Institute

Commodity Perspective: S&P GSCI
Author: Standard and Poor’s
Date: January 2008
Description: Commodity Perspective highlights developments in the commodity markets measured by the S&P GSCI commodity index. www.indices.standardandpoors.com

ETF Securities Commodities Review 2007
Author: ETF Securities
Date: December 2007
Description: Commodities in 2007 ...

Base Metals Outlook for 2008: Are We There Yet?
Author: Fitch Ratings
Date: December 2007
Description: Mining & Metals Global Special Report

ILZSG December Newsletter
Author: International Lead and Zinc Study Group
Date: 17 Dec 2007
Description: The International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) released preliminary data for world lead and zinc supply and demand during the first ten months of 2007.

GFMS Quarterly Newsletter
Author: Global Markets in Turmoil, the Impact on the Gold Price
Date: October 2007
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Forging Ahead
Author: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Date: June 2007
Description: Global metals M&A value doubles as consolidation continues:Deal activity in the global metals industry is soaring to new highs according to ‘Forging Ahead’, the third annual report on global metals mergers and acquisitions by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The collective value of deals which took place in 2006 was $77.4 billion, more than double the $34.9 billion of the previous year. The total number of 224 disclosed deals was slightly down on the 2005 total of 250 but the value of the top ten deals was $65.5 billion, a huge increase on the $19.4 billion of the previous year. [Copies of Forging Ahead can be downloaded at http://www.pwc.com/metals]

Minerals and energy: major development projects – April 2007 listing
Author: ABARE
Date: May 2007
Description: ABARE’s latest report of major minerals and energy projects has revealed 91 ‘advanced’ (under construction or committed to) projects, at a record value of $43.4 billion. "This is a record value of advanced projects and, at 91, the number of projects is also at a historically high level," Phillip Glyde, ABARE Executive Director, said on releasing the report Minerals and energy: major development projects – April 2007 listing.

Principles-Based Regulation
Author: Financial Services Authority
Date: April 2007
Description: FSA Sets Out Future of Regulation: Over the next few years the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will move to more principles-based regulation, supplementing our risk-based and evidence-based approach. This is a continuing process, which will require significant change of behaviour by both firms and the FSA.

World Exploration Trends
Author: Metals Economics Group
Date: April 2007
Description: A Special Report from Metals Economics Group for the PDAC International Convention 2007

Growth in Commodity Investment: risks and challenges posed for commodity market participants
Author: The Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Date: March 2007
Description: The paper, Growth in Commodity Investment: risks and challenges posed for commodity market participants, concludes that markets have changed significantly bringing new issues which need to be understood and acted upon by participants.

Gobal Gold Hedge Book Now at Lowest Since 1994
Author: Rhona O’Connell
Date: 1 March, 2007
Description: The latest Global Hedge Book Analysis from GFMS Ltd., in conjunction with Brady plc and Société Générale, has been released and reports that dehedging in the world’s gold mining industry in the fourth quarter slowed to 35 tonnes and that the provisional figure for the full year is for 391 tonnes of net de-hedging. This compares with estimated mine production in 2006 of 2,467 tonnes, suggesting that net supply from the mining sector in 2006 amounted to 2,076 tonnes, compared with a net 2,436 tonnes in 2005.

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