Here are the attachements I did not manage to include yesterday:

The Story of
Metal Trading

By
Helmut Waszkis and Peter Marc Waszkis


A new book
Publisher: Metal Bulletin plc, London
Publishing Date: March 2003 (It is already available!)

Take a fascinating journey through the history of Metal Trading!

Since the discovery of metals in ancient times, metal trading was an
important element of everyday life, just as it is today. Where would human
civilization be without metals?

This new book, "The Story of Metal Trading," chronicles the development of
this unique profession, metal trading, since man discovered metals, probably
8,000 years ago and charts its history through the ages right up to today’s
modern, global trade. It is an in-depth study of one of the most important,
yet almost totally unknown fields of commercial activity. "The Story of
Metal Trading" covers these questions and more: What was, and is, metal
trading? Who are, and were, metal traders? Where did metal trading
originate? When did crucial events take place? How was, and is, metal
trading doing?

"The Story of Metal Trading" is available from Metal Bulletin plc. It is a
must if you are in any way involved in metals and/ or metal trading, and it
is a great value. You will learn: How and why the metal trading profession
developed, the importance of metals to civilization throughout the ages, how
key players shaped the industry into what is today and how it is likely to
develop in the 21st century. It is a great read even for the layman, as it
is full of stories of general human interest.

To order your copies, please call the Metal Bulletin Credit Card Hotline:
+44 (0) 20 7827 5287

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Metal Bulletin Directories

The Story of Metal Trading. A fascinating journey through the history of
one of the world’s oldest professions . . .by Helmut Waszkis and Peter
Wazskis

Since the discovery of metal in ancient times, metal trading was an
important element of everyday life, just as it is today. Where would human
civilisation as we know it be without metal? This new book, "The Story of
Metal Trading," chronicles the development of the profession of metal
trading since man discovered metal some 8,000 years ago, and charts its
history through the ages right up to today’s modern, global trade. The
Story of Metal Trading covers these questions and more:
· What was, and is, metal trading?
· Who are, and were, metal traders?
· Where did metal trading originate?
· When did crucial events take place?
· How was, and is, metal trading done?

Available now from Metal Bulletin plc, "The Story of Metal Trading" is a
must have if you are anyway involved in metals and/or metal trading.

You will discover: how and why the profession of metals trading developed
originally, the importance of metals trading to civilisation through the
ages, how the key players in the last century shaped the profession into
what is today and see how the industry is likely to develop through the 21st
century.Starting with the history of how traders facilitated the making of
bronze, this new book chronicles the development of the metal trading
profession from every geographical and metal category angle:
· How the Greeks mined silver
· The role the Phoenicians and the Romans played
· The early German lead and silver merchants
· The Fuggers controlling the world’s copper and silver trade
· How American silver inundated Europe
· How the Industrial Revolution was started by metal traders

The roles played by companies such as Vivian, Younger & Bond, British Metal
Corporation, Metallgesellschaft, Aron Hirsch, Beer, Sondheimer, Philipp
Brothers, Hochschild, Associated Metals, Glencore, Rio Tinto, Rothchilds,
Anglo American Corporation and many, many more, are all chronicled and their
importance, historical and current, to the metals trading industry, noted in
this amazingly comprehensive history of your profession.

"The Story of Metal Trading" is written by experts in the metal trading
field: Helmut and Peter Waszkis, with significant contributions from Kurt
Reinsberg – between them they have almost 100 years of experience of metal
trading. The Story of Metal Trading is an in-depth study of one of the most
important, yet almost totally unknown, fields of commercial activity, and is
great value for money at just £24.95 ($40/€40) each.

Price and Delivery
Publication Date March 2003
UK & ROW GB£24.95 / US$40 / €40
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