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Whilst retaining the same format, the new edition has been extensively updated to take account of recent developments in the market for each metal., Welding and Cutting

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Martin Thompson (Editor) - Martin Thompson retired as Commercial Adviser from Rio Tinto plc in 1999, having joined the company in 1968. Initially he was involved in iron ore and pyrites, but from 1976 onwards he dealt mainly with the base metals, specialising in copper. He has written regularly on the metal, and was co-author of The international copper industry (Woodhead Publishing, 2002); he also undertook an examination of an international trade dispute on behalf of GATT. He was Chairman of the British Copper Development Association, Vice Chairman of the European Copper Institute, and Chairman of the Statistical Committee of the International Copper Study Group. Previously he worked for Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd, and the merchant bank N.M. Rothschild and Sons, in London and Rhodesia. Christopher Green - From 1994 until his retirement in 2000, Christopher Green was Chairman of Barclays Metals Group, the Commodities Division of Barclays Capital; he joined the board of Barclays Metals Limited in 1991. Previously, he had joined Henry Gardner & Co. Ltd (part of the Amalgamated Metal Corporation) in 1958, Ametalco Ltd (an Amax subsidiary) in 1964, becoming a Director in 1970, responsible for all base metal physical trading and LME operations, and in 1976 Cerro Metals (UK) Ltd as Chief Executive to develop trading (primarily in copper) and also LME broking. Christopher Green served on the LME Committee from 1973 until 1982, being Vice Chairman from 1977 to 1981. In 1982 he became a Director of the LME's then governing body, the Metal Market and Exchange Co. Ltd, and from 1987 to 1990 he was a director and Chairman of the London Metal Exchange Ltd, the new body formed to take over the running of the LME in the aftermath of the tin crisis. In 1999 he was made Copper Man of the Year by the Copper Club of the USA. He is a trustee of the Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies. Angus MacMillan - Having spent time in the electricity and automobile industries, Angus MacMillan has worked for over two decades analysing the markets for base metals. For the past three years he has worked as Minerals Strategist with Bache Financial, the metals broker and a Category Two member of the London Metal Exchange. Prior to that he worked for consultants Brook Hunt, before which he spent nine years as Research Manager at Billiton Metals, a ring-dealing member of the LME. In this capacity he was responsible for writing and overseeing the production of research material on all the LME-traded base metals. Prior to this he worked for ?ve years as Director, Metals Research with Shearson Lehman Brothers, where he was responsible for overseeing the output of a team producing research on a number of base metals, including some of the steel-alloying metals. His initial involvement with the metals industry began in the 1980s when he worked with Commodities Research Unit, specialising in the steel industry. Phillip Crowson - Phillip Crowson retired as Chief Economist of Rio Tinto (then known as RTZ-CRA) at the beginning of 1997. He had held the post from 1981, having joined the Economics Department of the RTZ Corporation in 1971. Until his retirement he was a director of several Rio Tinto subsidiaries, and he took an active role in many industry organisations, including the European Copper Institute (Chairman), and the Mining Association of the United Kingdom (President). He previously worked as an economist in the UK chemicals industry, for Distillers (1961-67), for BP Chemicals (1967-68), and for Albright and Wilson (1968-71). In 1964 he was seconded to the National Economic Development Of?cer (NEDO). Phillip Crowson was an Invited Director of the LME for 12 years until he retired in 2000. He edits the biennial publication Minerals Handbook and is the author of Inside Mining. The Economics of the Supply and Demand of Minerals and Metals, published by Mining Journal Books in 1998 and Astride Mining; Issues and Policies for the Mineral Industry (Mining Journal Books, 2003). He has written many published papers and articles on aspects of the mineral industries, including contributed chapters to several books, and he also lectures frequently. He recently edited Managing Metals Price Risk with the London Metal Exchange. He is an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Energy, Mineral, and Petroleum Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Natural Resources Forum and Raw Materials Report. Peter Cran?eld - Peter Cran?eld is an independent consultant specialising in market research in the nickel and stainless steel industries. He worked for Billiton for 21 years until 2003 in a number of roles, including strategic planning, commodities analysis and mergers and acquisitions. He played a key role in developing Gencor's nickel strategy and in the Billiton merger with QNI and the subsequent business plans of the merged companies. Before that he was 12 years with Inco, the last six as Market Research Manager for Europe. He has an MBA from Warwick University and a B.Sc (Economics) from London University.

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