Database Name:Metals Week Price Database
Acronym:METLWK
Producer:McGraw-Hill Companies / Platts
Type of Information:Numeric; Time-series
Group(s):BUSINESS & ECONOMY, METALS/ALLOYS/COMPOUNDS
Database Description:Provides daily, weekly, monthly, and annual time-series for byers, sellers, or investors in approximately 60 non-ferrous metals (including aluminum, copper, lead, tin, and zinc); precious metals (including gold,silver and platinum); light metals (including lithium, magnesium, and titanium); minor metals, ferroalloys, and metal companies. Includes price quotations with foreign currency exchange rates in sterling pounds, German marks, yen, and Malaysian dollar.
Information Sources:Data compilation through surveys.
Time Span:Since 1981
Numer of Records:Not specified
Language:English
Updating Frequency:Weekly
Distributors:LEXIS-NEXIS (online; missing data between 1989 and 1998)
Platts (online) - see also other databases about Metals