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Steel as with any other commodity is priced upon several factors: Grade of steel, demand factors (high construction, wartime demand etc), iron availability, quantity, labor cost, refining cost, transportation cost, and a host of smaller factors. Like every other commodity, the price of steel is the highest price that the current market will bear.
Micro looks only at the market for a particular good. For example, the supply, demand, price, etc for iron ore. Macro is concerned with "the economy" as a whole. Its going to look at aggregate supply/demand for a country, the globe, whatever the scale may be. Things like GDP, interest rates, money supply etc are macro issues. <><> Macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole and it examines the forest not the trees. whereas microeconomics focuses on specific units which comprises the economy and it deals withs trees not the forest
Current is a relative term and prices will fluctuate based on economics, supply/demand etc. As of April 2012, the price per pound for steel/iron scrap ranges from 6 to 7 cents per pound. Check your pricing at local scrap yards or online at various scrap price informational websites
Two important factors. 1. It is the backbone of the industry Why? 2. Trade. For example the RuhrArea in Germany.
Mexico has to import resources that are in short supply. These include agricultural products, such as corn, soybeans and wheat, or minerals such as raw iron and aluminum that are needed to manufacture other products for its internal industry or for export.
coal, iron, textiles, transportation, and pottery. (shark)
It mostly has to do with the rarity of the two and supply and demand. Silver is significantly more rare than Iron, and thus is more desirable. With less supply to meet the demand, it is more pricey. Also, silver and other precious metals (gold, platinum) are considered more valuable because they are excellent conductors. The technological age calls for more metals with conducting properties for circuit boards and other electronic components. As a result, they are in more demand than the Industrial Era's iron.
Steel as with any other commodity is priced upon several factors: Grade of steel, demand factors (high construction, wartime demand etc), iron availability, quantity, labor cost, refining cost, transportation cost, and a host of smaller factors. Like every other commodity, the price of steel is the highest price that the current market will bear.
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No, the supply of everything on earth is finite. It does not matter where.
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The increased use of plastic and fiberglass plumbing products reduced the demand for iron and steel plumbing products.
Iron sulfide and many other compounds are available from chemical supply companies.
The foods that have iron in them are peas,spinach and red meats.
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Samples of the rock could be crushed to a fine powder, then separated by magnets to determine the relative percentage of iron.