http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/metalINSPIRE Registry teamJRC-INSPIRE-SUPPORT@ec.europa.euhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry2015-08-18 18:10 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:10 PM CESTmetalCommodity is a metal that is extracted from an ore material mined from the Earthhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/baseMetal2015-08-18 18:10 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:10 PM CESTbase metalIn chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc. Copper is also considered a base metal because it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_metalhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/preciousMetal2015-08-18 18:10 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:10 PM CESTprecious metalA precious metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value. Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements. They are usually ductile and have a high lustre. Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial commodities. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code. The best-known precious metals are the coinage metals, gold and silver. While both have industrial uses, they are better known for their uses in art, jewellery and coinage. Other precious metals include the platinum group metals: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, of which platinum is the most widely traded. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metalhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/rareEarthElement2015-08-18 18:10 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:10 PM CESTrare earth elementAs defined by IUPAC, a rare earth element (REE) or rare earth metal is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium. Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_elementhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/ferrousMetal2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTferrous metalThose metals [that are] typically mined for their alloying properties with iron in the manufacture of steel. - AGi fifth ediitionhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/aluminium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTaluminiumAluminium is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery white, soft, ductile metal. Aluminium is the third most abundant element (after oxygen and silicon), and the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust. It makes up about 8% by weight of the Earth's solid surface. Aluminium metal is so chemically reactive that native specimens are rare and limited to extreme reducing environments. Instead, it is found combined in over 270 different minerals.The chief ore of aluminium is bauxite. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/beryllium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTberylliumBeryllium is the chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4. Because any beryllium synthesized in stars is short-lived, it is a relatively rare element in the universe. It is a divalent element which occurs naturally only in combination with other elements. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berylliumin minerals. Notable gemstones which contain beryllium include beryl (aquamarine, emerald) and chrysoberyl. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berylliumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/barium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTbariumBarium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in Group 2, a soft silvery metallic alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity barium is never found in nature as a free element. Its hydroxide was known in pre-modern history as baryta; this substance does not occur as a mineral, but can be prepared by heating barium carbonate. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/bismuth2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTbismuthBismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Bismuth, a pentavalent other metal, chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Elemental bismuth may occur naturally, although its sulfide and oxide form important commercial ores. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuthhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/cadmium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTcadmiumCadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/cesium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTcesiumCaesium or cesium[note 1] is a chemical element with symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C (82 °F), which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. - Caesium or cesium[note 1] is a chemical element with symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C (82 °F), which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/gallium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTgalliumGallium is a chemical element with symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium does not occur in free form in nature, but as the gallium(III) compounds that are in trace amounts in zinc ores and in bauxite. Gallium is a soft silvery metal, and elemental gallium is a brittle solid at low temperatures. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/hafnium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESThafniumHafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium minerals. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafniumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/indium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTindiumIndium is a chemical element with symbol In and atomic number 49. This rare, very soft, malleable and easily fusible other heavy metal is chemically similar to gallium and thallium, and shows intermediate properties between these two. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/lithium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTlithiumLithium is a chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alkali metal group of chemical elements. Under standard conditions it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/magnesium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTmagnesiumMagnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. Its common oxidation number is +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth-most-abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/mercury2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTmercuryMercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/molybdenum2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTmolybdenumMolybdenum is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek Μόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lead ores. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/niobium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTniobiumNiobium, formerly columbium, is a chemical element with the symbol Nb (formerly Cb) and atomic number 41. It is a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/potassium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTpotassiumPotassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19. Elemental potassium is a soft silvery-white alkali metal that oxidizes rapidly in air and is very reactive with water, generating sufficient heat to ignite the hydrogen emitted in the reaction and burning with a lilac flame. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/radium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTradiumRadium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Radium is an almost pure-white alkaline earth metal, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, becoming black in color. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/rhenium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTrheniumRhenium is a chemical element with the symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-white, heavy, third-row transition metal in group 7 of the periodic table. With an estimated average concentration of 1 part per billion (ppb), rhenium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheniumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/rubidium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTrubidiumRubidium is a chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group, with an atomic mass of 85.4678. Elemental rubidium is highly reactive, with properties similar to those of other alkali metals, such as very rapid oxidation in air. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubidiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/strontium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTstrontiumStrontium (/ˈstrɒntiəm/ STRON-tee-əm) is a chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element that is highly reactive chemically. The metal turns yellow when it is exposed to air. Strontium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of its two neighbors calcium and barium. It occurs naturally in the minerals celestine, putnisite and strontianite. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/tantalum2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTtantalumTantalum is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as tantalium, its name comes from Tantalus, a character from Greek mythology. Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. It is part of the refractory metals group, which are widely used as minor components in alloys. The chemical inertness of tantalum makes it a valuable substance for laboratory equipment and a substitute for platinum. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/thallium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTthalliumThallium is a chemical element with symbol Tl and atomic number 81. This soft gray other metal is not found free in nature. When isolated, it resembles tin, but discolors when exposed to air. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalliumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/thorium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTthoriumThorium is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoriumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/tin2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTtinTin is a chemical element with symbol Sn (for Latin: stannum) and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group-14 elements, germanium and lead. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/tungsten2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTtungstenTungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten directly translatable to heavy stone, - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungstenhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/uranium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTuraniumUranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with symbol U and atomic number 92. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weakly radioactive because all its isotopes are unstable (with half-lives of the 6 naturally known isotopes, U-233 - U-238, varying between 69 years and 4½ billion years). - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/zirconium2015-08-18 18:11 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:11 PM CESTzirconiumZirconium is a chemical element with the symbol Zr, atomic number 40 and atomic mass of 91.224. The name of zirconium is taken from the mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconiumhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/CommodityCodeValue/chromite2015-08-18 18:08 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:08 PM CESTchromiteAn isometric iron chromium oxide: FeCr2O4 used as a refractory material, because it has a high heat stability. Extracted chromium from chromite is used in chrome plating and alloying for production of corrosion resistant superalloys, nichrome, and stainless steel. Chromium is used as a pigment for glass, glazes, and paint, and as an oxidizing agent for tanning leather. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Chromite.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromite