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Commodities Data | Fundamentals

Metals - Supply and Demand

Metals supply and demand fundamentals with structured dimensions, element metadata, names, descriptions and identifiers.

Key facts for Metals - Supply and Demand

Coverage metric

Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
From 1970
Coverage count:
Asset Classes - 40+ Commodity markets

Delivery metadata

Data Frequency
Daily
Language
English
Delivery methods:
Excel, Deployed/Onsite Servers, API, Web Service, SFTP, Cloud, Desktop, FTP, Bulk, Snowflake, Website, RSS Feed
Data formats:
PDF, GZIP, XML, JSON, CSV, SQL, Text, Python, HTML, Bitmap, MPEG, User Interface, PCAP
Minimum service frequency
Daily

Overview of Metals - Supply and Demand

DEFICIT AND SURPLUS SIGNALS

Understand physical market balance

• Identify potential supply deficits, surpluses and changing demand.

• Compare production with consumption and trade.

• Support trading, procurement and risk decisions.

METALS MARKET BALANCES

Monitor metals supply and demand

• Access production, consumption, trade and market-balance indicators.

• Compare key metals across countries and regions.

• Review reported and calculated balance measures.

INTEGRATED FUNDAMENTALS

Combine production and trade data

• Analyse production, consumption, imports, exports and balances together.

• Compare metals, countries and reporting periods.

• Use consistent indicators for forecasts and scenarios.

Description of the dataset

  • Drawing on World Bureau of Metal Statistics expertise within LSEG Metals Research, LSEG provides supply, demand and trade flow fundamentals for global metals markets. We bring customers independently compiled market intelligence built from more than 70 years of specialist metals research heritage.
  • LSEG gathers and validates metals market information from companies, government statistics, press reports and other industry sources. We help customers monitor market balances, benchmark internal analysis, inform trading decisions and model supply-demand scenarios.
  • Our content is available through high-level RICs and more detailed downloadable files where applicable, enabling customers to work at both summary and granular levels. LSEG supports the dataset with a 61-row data dictionary covering business elements, dimensions, identifiers, PermID references, names, descriptions and abbreviations.

Accessing the dataset

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Real-Time Distribution System

Advanced Distribution Server (ADS) is the horizontally scalable distribution component within LSEG Real-Time Distribution System providing highly available services for tailored streaming and snapshot data, publication and contribution messaging with optional persistence, conflation and delay capabilities.