World Metal Markets : The United States Strategic Stockpile and Global Market Influence

the United States Holds Strategic Stockpiles Of Nearly 100 Industrial Minerals, Metals, And Other Commodities. These Stockpiles Have Influenced The World Commodity Markets In Many Ways. This Work Brings Together In One Place, Documentary And Statistical Evidence About The Size And Nature Of The U.s. Strategic Stockpiles, And The Ways In Which This Influence Has Been Evidenced, In Markets For The Important Industrial Metals. booknews within A Global Geopolitical, Environmental, And Social Context, Perkins (environmental And Ecological Economics, York U., Ontario) Investigates The Economic And To Some Extent The Political Implications Of Stockpiling Metals By The World's Largest Stockpiler Country. Her Main Interest Is In The Details Of Interactions Between Actors In The Public And Private Sectors, How Political Considerations Are Brought To Bear In Specific Situations, And The Complexities Of Bargaining Processes For The Control Of Metals. She Appends Traditional Statistical Analysis. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. The United States holds strategic stockpiles of nearly 100 industrial minerals, metals and other commodities which have influenced the world commodity market in many ways. This work presents documentary and statistical evidence about the nature and size of these stockpiles