For instance, Jamaica and a few other lands, such as Guinea, Guyana and Surinam, have rich deposits of bauxite, the basic ore for making aluminum. Their prices have been rising significantly. Copper faces the same future, since Chile, Peru, Zambia and Zaïre supply most of the world’s exportable surplus. The same is true of tin, since about 70 percent of the exports come chiefly from Bolivia, Malaysia and Thailand.

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WHOLESALE PRICE INCREASES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN JUST ONE YEAR

COMMODITY MID-1973 MID-1974 INCREASE

Newsprint, ton $169.00 $205.00 21 percent

Steel scrap, ton 53.00 145.00 174 percent

Sulphuric acid, ton 31.00 41.00 32 percent

Tin, lb. 2.18 4.49 106 percent