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Global Trade - World Copper Smelters

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency	US Geological Survey
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	2003
Date Updated	2003
Time Period	current as of 2003
Frequency	as needed
Description	Locations and characteristics of world copper smelters

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	Locations, characteristics, world, copper, smelters, federal data download, smelter inventory, industrial sites, mineral resources, international, federal datasets, environment, processing, refine, Commodities, Blast Furnace, facility
Unique ID	16

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
Agency Program Page	http://mrdata.usgs.gov/
Agency Data Series Page	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/copper/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	site
Granularity	individual plant sites
Geographic Coverage	global

Data Description

Collection Mode	compilation by researchers
Data Collection Instrument	database form
Data Dictionary/Variable List	included in metadata

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/copper/
Additional Metadata	http://tin.er.usgs.gov/metadata/copper.xml

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