Commodities Data

World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS)

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An overview of World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS)

Support your trading decisions and informed analysis of the metals markets with authoritative data from World Bureau of Metal Statistics.

Dig into data on metals production, consumption and trade, dating back more than 70 years. WBMS data is listed on a country-by-country basis and covers base, precious and minor metals alongside steel and stainless steel.

Chart our WBMS data on our desktop, download to Excel and view alongside our metals research. Our combination of pricing and fundamentals data offers a complete view of the metals market.

Key Facts 

  • Geographical coverage
    Global including China
  • History
    From 1947
  • Data format
    CSV
    JSON
    Python
    User Interface
    XML
  • Delivery mechanism
    API
    Desktop
    Excel
    Website
  • Data frequency
    Monthly

Features & Benefits

What you get with World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS)

  • DATA Production, consumption, stocks and trade flows for metals globally, on a country, regional, and worldwide basis.
  • HISTORY More than 70 years of highly valuable data.
  • ANALYSIS View data in context with full charting and other visualisation tools.
  • PERSPECTIVE Understand changing patterns in global metals trade.
  • CHINA Be more informed about the world’s largest consumer of metals.
  • MODELLING Integrate WBMS data into your scenario analysis.

How it works

Accessing the dataset

This dataset can be used by the following products. Talk to us to learn more about different packages and offerings.

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Data Formats:
CSV
XML
JSON
User Interface
Python
Delivery Mechanisms:
Website
API
Desktop
Excel
Service Frequencies:
Monthly

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