1. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census (a) Business conditions digest.-Published monthly. Present almost 500 economic indicators for studying current business conditions and prospects. Organized into six major sections, as follows: 1. National income and product, 2. Cyclical indicators, 3. Anticipations and intentions, 4. Other key indicators, 5. Analytical measures, 6. International comparison. 2. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service (a)NITS is a central source for governmental research reports and analyses in both technology and the social services. They publish weekly newsletters containing abstracts of new reports and publications on: 1. Administration, 2. Behavior, 3. Building technology, 4. Business and economics, 5. Computers, 6. Control and information theory, 7. Energy, 8. Environmental pollution and control, 9. Industrial engineering, 10. Library and information sciences, 11. Material sciences, 12. Biomedical technology and engineering, and 13. Transportation and urban technology. (b) NTIS indexes and abstracts analyses and projections which shed some light on anticipated requirements. FOREIGN SOURCES TIMBER 1. United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) (a) ECE Timber Committee, jointly with U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization Forestry Division, is concerned with forestry in the ECE region, i.e., Europe, North America, U.S.S.R. (b) Timber Bulletin for Europe.—Publication containing production, trade, and price data. Contact: Mr. E. Kalkinen, Director, ECE/FAO Timber Division, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES-ENERGY RESOURCES The energy resources included under this subheading are: coal, gas, petroleum, coke. 1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Paris, France (a) Oil statistics.—Annual compilation of data containing the following kinds of data: 1. Summary tables on supply and disposal, imports, exports, processing and refinery of crude oil, feedstock, gas and other petroleum products cumulatively since 1962, 2. Detailed annual statistics on production, supply and disposal, imports and exports, and consumption of oil and oil products. Contact: Special Committee for Oil, OECD, Paris, France. (b) Statistics of energy.— 1056-1970-published annually, provides following kinds of data on OECD member countries: 1. Trends for each principle source of energy for OECD as a whole and for each of three main OECD areas (i.e., OECD-North America, OECD-Europe, and Japan), 2. Shows situation in last three years for which statistics are available for all sources of energy in each OECD country and in the five groups of OECD countries. Contact: Economic Statistics and National Accounts Division, OECD, Paris, France. 2. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (a) Annual Statistical Bulletin-contains following kinds of data: 1. Producing wells and well completed in OPEC member countries, 2. Production of crude oil, 3. Oil refinery statistics, 4. Consumption of refined products, 5. OPEC member countries' exports of crude oil and refined products, 6. World trade in crude oil and refined products, 7. Tanker fleet and tanker freight weights, 8. Major pipeline in OPEC member countries, 9. Posted prices of crude oil and refined products, 10. Tax reference prices of crude oil and refined products, 11. Oil revenues of OPEC member countries, and 12. Financial situation of the major oil companies. Contact: Statistics Unit, OPEC, Vienna, Austria. 35-213-74-25 3. European Communities (EC), Brussels, Belgium (a) Energy statistics.—Quarterly report containing the following kinds of data: 1. Overall energy balance sheet of the EC and of each member country, and 2. Quarterly balance sheets and monthly statistics on coal, coke, petroleum, and gas. Contact: Statistical Office of the European Communities, 1040 Brusssels, Batiment Berlaymount, 200 rue de la hor, Belgium. 4. United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Geneza, Switzerland (a) Annual bulletin of coal statistics for Europe.-Contains following kinds of data. 1. Availability and deliveries of various kinds of coal-Europe and United States, 2. Coal imports and exports-Europe and United States, 3. Supplementary tables on employment and output-Europe and United States, 4. Production of hydro-electricity, natural gas and deliveries of petroleum products-Europe and United States. (b) Quarterly bulletin of coal statistics for Europe.-Supplement annual bulletin and contains data on: 1. Production and deliveries of solid fuelsEurope and United States. (c) Annual bulletin of gas statistics for Europe.-Contains following kinds of data: 1. Production, imports, exports and consumption of gas-Europe and United States, 2. Imports of gas, by country-Europe and United States, 3. Exports of gas, by country-Europe and United States, 4. Average calorific value of gas production-Europe and United States, 5. Fuels used for the production of gasworks-Europe and United States, 6. Number of household consumers of gas-Europe and United States, and 7. Length of mains for transport and distribution of gas-Europe and United States. (d) Annual Bulletin of general energy statistics for Enrope.-Contains following kinds of basic data on energy situation as a whole in Europe and United States: 1 Production of energy by form, and 2. Balance sheet of individual forms of energy. (e) Annual bulletin of electric energy statistics for Europe.-Contains following kinds of data: 1. Maximum net capacity of power plants in continuous operation-Europe and United States, 2. Production, imports, exports, and consumption of electric energy-Europe and United States, 3. Consumption of fuels and corresponding production of electric energy-Europe and United States, 4. Imports and exports of electric energy-Europe and United States, and 5. International exchanges of electric energy-Europe and United States. (f) Half-yearly bulletin of electric energy statistics for Europe.-supplements annual bulletin and contains data on: 1. Production, imports, exports, and consumption of electric energy-Europe and United States. RUBBER RESOURCES The rubber resources included under this subheading are: natural rubber, synthetic rubber, and reclaimed rubber. 1. International Rubber Study Groups (IRSG) (a) Rubber statistical bulletin.-Published monthly, contains production, trade, consumption, and price information. Contact: The Secretary, International Rubber Study Group, Brettaham House, 5-6 Lancaster Place, London, W.C. ZE 7ET, U.K. FERROUS METALS AND MINERALS The metals and minerals included under this subheading are: tungsten, nickel, iron and steel. 1. U.N. Committee on Tungsten (a) Tungsten statistics.-Published quarterly, contains following data: 1. Production, 2. Consumption, 3. Price, 4. Trade, and 5. Stocks. Contact: The Director, Commodities Division, UN TAD, Palis des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. 2. World Bureau of Metal Statistics (a) World Metal Statistics-See section on nonferrous metals and minerals #5. 3. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (a) See section on nonferrous metals and minerals #4 NONFERROUS METALS AND MINERALS The metals and minerals included under this subheading are: lead, zinc, copper, tin, aluminum, antimony, cadinum. 1. International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILSGZ) (a) Lead an Zinc Statistics-published monthly, contains production, consumption, and price data. Contact: Mr. Perce R. Judd, Secretary-General International Lead and Zine Study Group, United Nations, New York, New York 10017. 2. International Tin Council (ITC) (a) Statistical bulletin.-Published monthly contains the following data: 1. Production, 2. Exports, 3. Stockpile disposals, 4. Imports, 5. Stocks, 6. Consumption, 7. Tinplate, 8. Trade in alley and other tin products, 9. Mining, and 10. Prices. Contact: Mr. H. W. Allen, Executive Chairman, International Tin Council, Haymarket House, 28 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4ST, U.K. 3. Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries (CIPEC); composed of the four leading copper exporting countries: Chile, Peru, Zaire, Zambia. (a) The copper market.-Published quarterly contains data on production and stocks, world prices, and an analysis of the world market for copper. Contact: Mr. S. Gueronik, Executive Director, CIPEC, Tour Nobel, Cedix No. 3, 92080 Paris-La Defense France. 4. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (a) Collects and disseminates statistics on production and stock of the following: 1. Lead, 2. Zinc, 3. Aluminum, 4. Copper, 5. Tin, 6. Iron and steel, and 7. Nickel. Contact: General Studies Division, Industry and Energy Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Chateau de la Muette, 2, Rue Andre-Pascal, Paris, 16, France. 5. World Bureau of Metal Statistics (a) World metal statistics.-Published monthly contains statistics on production, consumption, trade, and stocks for: 1. Aluminum, 2. Antimony, 3. Cadmium, 4. Copper, 5. Lead, 6. Nickel, 7. Tin, and, 8. Zinc. Contact: World Bureau of Metal Statistics, 6 Bathrust Street, Sussex Square, London W2 25D, U.K. Below is a list of trade periodicals which often contain relevant data. 1. American Publications (a) Weekly, semimonthly, monthly publications: Journal of Metals, The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) Mining Engineering, (AIME) Journal of Petroleum Technology (AIME) Engineering and Mining Journal (and its Director of Mining and Mineral Processing, 1967) Chemical Economics Handbook The Magazine of Metals Processing (b) Annual publication "Proceedings" on Council of Economics (AIME). (c) Special volume "Economics of the Mineral Industries" 1964 (AIME). 2. British publication The weekly newspaper The Economist Magazines as follows: Mining Journal Mining Magazine Mining Annual Review Chemical Engineering Colliery Engineering Petroleum Times Oil and Gas Journal (London) The Mining Engineer Iron and Steel Metal Bulletin Steel Times Gas World and Gas and Coke Skinners' Mining Yearbook Skinners Oil and Petrleum Yearbook 3. Other publications Canadian Mining Journal Northern Miner Canadian Mines Handbook Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong) Publications of: Mineral Resources Division, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Bureau of Mineral Resources, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra; South African Chamber of Mines. Bank News Letters, including: 1st National City Bank (New York), Chase Manhattan Bank (New York), Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal (Canada). |