The
International Copper Study Group maintains activities in four core
areas:
1.
Statistics
The
ICSG maintains one of the world's most complete historical and current
database providing access to production, consumption and trade data for
copper, copper products and secondary copper, price series, and
information on copper mines and plants. Contact the ICSG
Secretariat
for further information.
The
ICSG releases a monthly Press Release providing the very latest
information on supply and demand.
2. Environment & Health
The
ICSG follows a variety of regulatory issues, mostly environmental and
health, of interest to the copper industry, e.g., Basel Convention,
Copper in Drinking Water, Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution and
Heavy Metal Protocol, and Climate Changes. As some of our government
members are actively involved in these files, participants to ICSG
meetings obtain debriefings on the latest activities and discuss
possible strategies in dealing with some of these issues.
In
March 1997, the ICSG hosted the first World Conference on Copper
Recycling, which brought together industry, governments and academia to
discuss issues relevant to the recycling of copper (regulatory, market,
technical). Conference proceedings can be obtained from the ICSG
Secretariat.
3.
Economics
The
Group, to date, has sponsored several market studies in cooperation with
other copper organizations: Surveys of India, Central Europe, ASEAN
countries and part of Latin America. Most of these market studies are
available from the ICSG Secretariat.
4.
International Commodity Body
As the recognized
International Commodity Body for copper by the Common Fund for
Commodities (CFC), the ICSG prioritizes, formulates and supervises
CFC-financed projects relating to copper. Currently, the ICSG is
supervising a project focused on the transfer of technology for high
pressure copper die casting in India and has supervised a range of
earlier projects, including one to promote greater copper use
in energy efficient products in India and China.
