http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com com_fireboard en-us Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:37:06 -0400 http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/components/com_fireboard/template/default/images/english/emoticons/fb_rsspower.gif http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com 88 http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/Information-on-Commodity/5-Platinum.html Platinum is a silvery white colored, principal metal element of a six metal group in the periodic table, with the atomic number 78 and symbol ‘Pt’. It falls in the category of precious metals with gold and silver but it leaves even these like metals behind in the importance context. Platinum has properties similar to those of other precious metals such as it is malleable, ductile but as a matter of fact it is heavier than those metals. That makes it harder and makes it difficult to alloy with any other meta... http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/Information-on-Commodity/4-Oil-and-Gas.html Oil & Gas are the most heavily traded commodities globally. Reasons for this are many but include their commercial liquidity (i.e. all players in the market are able to trade all products), the delta between supply sources and demand markets (e.g. Middle East versus Europe and the States) and the long and often complex supply chains that support the physical delivery of oil / gas, where each cargo may get traded multiple times before reaching its destination.... http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/Information-on-Commodity/3-Copper.html Copper is an element, reddish brown in color, having atomic number 29 and pertaining to the scientific symbol ‘Cu’. Coming from the same family of silver and gold, this element shares numerous common characteristics with those precious metals. This element is a highly ductile and malleable element and a very good conductor of electricity. That is why it is highly used in the electrical appliances as a thermal and electrical conductor and in building wires. It occurs in various minerals on earth and is also ... http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/Information-on-Commodity/2-Silver.html Silver is a white colored shiny element that is highly ductile and malleable and is used in making jewelry, coins and tableware. It is also used in chemical experiments as it provides a high electrical and thermal conductivity. It is found in the metallic state and also in a large amount of minerals mainly in argentite. That is why it is called argentum in Latin.... http://www.commoditiesknowhow.com/Information-on-Commodity/1-Gold.html In the world there are currently somewhere between 120,000 and 140,000 tonnes of gold ‘above ground’. To visualise this imagine a single solid gold cube with edges of about 19 metres (about three metres short of the length of a tennis court). That's all that has ever been produced. Divided amongst the population of the world there are about 23 grams per person, about 1.2 cubic centimetres each. This equates to about $250 - $350 worth per person on Earth, depending on the current price....