MINERALS PRICE INCREASES AND VOLATILITY -- MINERALS PRICE INCREASES AND VOLATILITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DRIVERS OF U.S. MINERAL DEMAND -- INTRODUCTION -- DERIVED DEMAND -- PALLADIUM'S DEMAND AND SUPPLY FLUCTUATIONS -- DRIVERS OF U.S. MINERAL DEMAND -- Population -- Consumption -- Construction -- Highways and Bridges -- Residential Housing -- Transportation -- Legislation -- ALUMINUM VERSUS STEEL -- Consumer Choices -- HYBRID VEHICLES -- Recycling -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES CITED -- MINERALS PRICE INCREASES & VOLATILITY: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Organization of Report -- The Rise in Metal Minerals Prices -- Causes of Minerals Price Increases -- Metals Mineral Resources -- Issues for Congress -- OVERVIEW OF MINERALS PRICE TRENDS -- The Rise in Industrial Metals Prices -- Iron Ore and Steel Prices -- A Reversal of the Twentieth Century Decline in Metals Prices? -- COMMODITY MARKETS AND MINERALS PRICE INCREASES -- Demand for Commodities -- Supply of Commodities -- Market Power -- Market Prices -- Financial Markets -- CHINA'S GROWING ROLE AS A MINERALS CONSUMER -- METALS MINERAL RESOURCES AVAILABILITY -- Mineral Commodity Analyses -- Iron Ore -- Copper -- Manganese -- Molybdenum -- Zinc -- Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) -- Uranium -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Financial Market Policy Issues -- Federal Minerals Policy Issues -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- INDEX.