📚 Commodity Knowledge Base

Free reference guide to commodities we trade — specs, uses, trade routes, pricing and more. Published by Tetra Commodity Trading, Singapore.

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Aluminum (Aluminium)
The most widely used non-ferrous metal, prized for its light weight, strength, and corrosion resistance.
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Chromium
A hard, corrosion-resistant metal essential for stainless steel production and hard chrome plating.
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Cobalt
A critical battery metal concentrated in the DRC, used in EV cathodes and superalloys.
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Copper
The most electrically conductive base metal, essential for electrification and construction.
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Lead
A dense, soft metal primarily used in lead-acid batteries, with the most mature recycling system of any metal.
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Lithium
The lightest metal and the critical mineral at the heart of lithium-ion batteries powering the EV revolution.
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Manganese
An essential alloying element for steel, and a critical mineral for EV battery cathodes.
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Nickel
A strategic metal essential for stainless steel and EV batteries, produced mainly in Indonesia.
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Tin
A scarce, non-toxic metal essential for electronics soldering and food can coatings.
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Zinc
An essential base metal used primarily for galvanising steel to prevent corrosion.