Dust flux, Vostok ice core

Dust flux, Vostok ice core
Two dimensional phase space reconstruction of dust flux from the Vostok core over the period 186-4 ka using the time derivative method. Dust flux on the x-axis, rate of change is on the y-axis. From Gipp (2001).

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Gold is working its way up the ranks

Behold world metal production for the past five years, expressed in dollars per capita. For now, I am only offering minimal comment.


Data for production and values from the USGS commodity reports; population data eyeballed off a chart. I used reported annual average prices rather than closing prices.

It's ferrochrome's world--the rest of the metals just live in it.

2 comments:

  1. Two questions:
    1 Is chromium the #1 commodity in metals?
    2 Can you also put nickel in the chart?

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  2. I also have a little trouble believing the chromium numbers.

    I am planning a follow-up with the second-tier metals (lead, zinc, nickel, silver). They couldn't go on this chart (unless I went logarithmic) as they are all at about the $1 level.

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