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Entry_Title: "Metal Industry Indicators" and "Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Industry Indicators"
Group: Data_Set_Citation
  Originator(s): Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey
  Title: "Metal Industry Indicators" and "Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Industry Indicators"
  Publication: Metal Industry Indicators; and Stone, Clay, Glass, and
  Publication_Date: Variable, see Description below
  Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, United States
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
  Edition: Variable
  Data_Presentation_Form: The USGS Mineral Industry Indicators geospatial data are
  URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/ minerals/pubs/mii/
  URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/imii/
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Keyword: statistics
Keyword: minerals index
Keyword: indicator metals
Keyword: industrial minerals
Keyword: prices
Keyword: primary metals
Keyword: business cycle
Keyword: aluminum
Keyword: copper
Keyword: steel
Keyword: stone
Keyword: clay
Keyword: glass
Keyword: concrete
Keyword: cement
Data_Set_Progress: Complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
  Southernmost_Latitude: +18
  Northernmost_Latitude: +72
  Westernmost_Longitude: -172
  Easternmost_Longitude: -66
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Location: LD10 = North America
Location: LD20 = Central America
Location: LD30 = South America
Location: LD40 = Europe
Location: LD50 = Africa
Location: LD60 = Australia and New Zealand
Location: AY = Antarctica
Location: LD70 = Asia
Location: LD80 = Asia Minor and Middle East
Location: LD90 = Southeast Asia
Group: Data_Resolution
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  Access_Constraints: Unrestricted
  Use_Constraints: Unrestricted
Originating_Center: (required)
Group: Data_Center
  Data_Center_Name: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team
Group: Data_Center_Contact
  Last_name: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team
  First_name: N/A
  Phone: 1-703-648-4919
  Group: Address
    984 National Center
    Reston, VA 20192
    USA
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Group: Reference
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Group: Summary
  Monitor cyclical change in the U.S. metals industry
  
  Metal Industry Indicators (MII) is a monthly newsletter that
  analyzes and forecasts the economic health of five
  metal-processing industries:  primary metals, steel, copper,
  primary and secondary aluminum, and aluminum mill products. The
  MII presents composite leading and coincident indexes of a set
  of indicators that historically have proven to lead or coincide
  with the major business cycle changes in these industries.  The
  indexes were developed in cooperation with the Center for
  International Business Cycle Research at Columbia University.
  Each month, these indexes are analyzed along with any
  economy-wide occurrences that would affect the metals
  industries.
  
  Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products Industry Indicators
  (IMII) is a monthly newsletter that analyzes and forecasts the
  economic health of four industrial-mineral-processing
  industries:  stone, clay, glass, and concrete products.  The
  IMII presents composite leading and coincident indexes of a set
  of indicators that historically have proven to lead or coincide
  with the major business cycle changes in these industries.  The
  indexes were developed cooperation with the Center for
  International Business Cycle Research at Columbia University.
  Each month, these indexes are analyzed along with any
  economy-wide occurrences that would affect the industrial
  minerals industries.
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Group: DIF_Author
  Last_name: U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Information Team
  First_name: N/A
  Phone: 1-703-648-4000
  Group: Address
    988 National Center
    Reston, VA 20192
    USA
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DIF_Revision_Date: 20001115
Science_Review_Date: