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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- An Overview of World Metal Demand -- Organization of This Book -- References -- 2 Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- Measures of Metal Demand -- Indicators of Macroeconomic Activity -- Intensity of Use Technique -- The IU Hypothesis and the IU Technique -- Other Approaches to the Analysis of Metal Demand -- References -- 3 The OECD Countries: Demand Trend Setters -- Metal Consumption Patterns in the OECD Countries -- Accounting for Economic Growth -- Patterns in Intensity of Use -- Material Composition of Products -- Product Composition of Income -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Developing Countries: The New Growth Markets -- Actual Metal Consumption Trends in the Developing Countries -- Determinants of Metal Consumption in Brazil, India, and South Korea -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 The Centrally Planned Economies: Extravagant Consumers -- Long-Run Consumption Trends in CMEA -- Possible Factors Contributing to the Decline in IU -- Are the CMEA Countries Overconsuming Metals? -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 6 The Passenger Car Industry: Faithful to Steel -- Changes in Materials Consumption -- Passenger Car Production -- Pounds of Material per Car -- Car Manufacturing and Global Trends in Metal Consumption -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix to Chapter 6 -- 7 The Food and Beverage Container Industries: Change and Diversity -- Competing Food and Beverage Containers -- Materials Substitution in the U.S. Food and Beverage Container Industries -- Materials Substitution in Other Industrialized Countries -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 The Outlook for World Metal Demand.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I OVERVIEW -- 1 Material Substitution: Lessons from the Tin-Using Industries -- Approach -- Findings -- Implications -- II CASE STUDIES -- 2 Beverage Containers -- Apparent Determinants -- Material Prices and Technological Change -- Nonprice Factors -- Tin Consumption in Beverage Containers -- 3 Solder -- Solder Usage in Metal Cans -- Motor Vehicle Radiators -- Automobile Body Solder -- Solder Usage in Electronics and Plumbing -- Tin Consumption in Solder -- 4 Tin Chemical Stabilizers and the Pipe Industry -- The Pipe Industry -- Water Pipe -- Drain-Waste-Vent Pipe -- Sewer Pipe -- Tin Consumption in Stabilizers for the Pipe Industry -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.

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