Mineral and Textile and Inedible Plant and Animal Materials - Commodities

Abaca fibers


Acetate fibers


Acrylic fibers


Acrylic yarn


Activated alumina

Type of drying agent possessing a high absorbtion capacity, high surface area, high strength and thermal stability.Widely used as an absorbent, drying agent and catalyst carrier in chemical, petrochemical and fertilizer industries.


Activated carbon


Aluminum


Aluminum alloy 7178

Aluminum based alloy with the following main characteristics: Zn 6,30 to 7,30 percent, Mg 2,40 to 3,10 percent, Cu 1,60 to 2,40 percent, Fe 1,00 percent, balance equals Al + minor metallurgical pollutions. Alloy 7178 is a high strength alloy with magnesium and copper as the major alloying elements. It is heat treatable and develops improved mechanical properties from precipitation hardening.


Aluminum iron alloy

An alloy consisting of a blend of aluminum and iron.


Aluminum liquid

An intermediate product derived from processed aluminum ore which can then be casted into one or more aluminum alloys


Aluminum ore


Aluminum oxide

A chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al2O3. It is the most commonly occurring of several aluminium oxides,


Aluminum powder or flakes


Aluminum remelt

Aluminum product consisting of aluminum pieces that have been remelted into specific shapes. The fact that they have been melted twice differentiates them from regular aluminum products


Aluminum scrap

Scrap made of aluminum.


Andalusite


Animal hair


Animal hair or horsehair fabric


Animal hair yarn


Animal horns


Antimony


Antimony ore


Artificial corundum

An artificial rock-forming mineral.


Artificial soil

A type of soil that is artificially manufactured by combining and adjusting ingredients.


Asbestos


Asbestos fibers


Asbestos thread


Ash containing metals or metallic compounds except precious metals


Ash containing precious metal or precious metal compounds


Automotive wrecking for waste or scrap


Ball clay


Balsams


Bamboo


Bark


Basalt


Basic steel scrap

Scraps made of basic steels


Basic steel solids

Solids made of basic steels


Bauxite ore

Mineral which is used to produce aluminum


Bentonite


Binding fabrics


Bismalemide fabric or cloth


Bismalemide thread


Bismuth


Blended yarn

A woven thread comprised of two or more fibers.


Bolting cloth


Bones


Borate


Bovine semen

Reproductive semen from a bull.


Bronze turnings


Broom corn or istle or piassava


Buffalo leather


Burlap cloth


Cadmium


Calcite

A carbonate mineral that is the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. It has a Mohs hardness of 3, a specific gravity of 2.6 to 2.8, and its luster is vitreous in crystallized varieties.Color is white or none, though shades of gray, red, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, or even black can occur when the mineral is charged with impurities.


Calcium


Calfskin leather


Camouflage cloth


Capirona wood

A wood derived from the capirona tree belonging to the rubiaceae family. It grows in lands with high organic content of the high and low jungle. The wood of this tree can be used in floors, parquet, moldings, pegs, navy construction, beams, bodywork, turn


Carded wool


Carnallite


Catahua wood

A type of light wood used to make panels, indoor lining, particle panel, laminated, veneer and plywood, formwork, drawers. Scientific name is hura crepitans l. Common names include catahua amarilla, habilla, assacu, catahua.


Ceiba wood

The Ceiba is a flowering tree comprised of 48 species belonging to the family Malvaceae. The new classifications include Chorisia species within this genus. It is native to Central America. The wood is widely used, mainly in industry and decorative laminate. Also known as Ceiba, pochote, Pongo, Huimba, Huimba white, black Huimba, Lupuna


Cement clinker

Lumps or nodules produced during the cement kiln stage.


Ceramic fibers


Chalk


Chamois leather


Chamotte


Cheese cloth or fabric


Chenille weave synthetic fabric

Chenille woven fabric from man made fibers


Cherry wood

Cherry can be described as a moderately hard and heavy wood; it is strong and stiff making it an ideal choice for wood flooring


Chromium ore


Coated fabrics


Cobalt ore


Cobalt ore matte


Coconut fibres or coir


Coir yarn


Common clay


Composition leather


Copaiba wood

A type of wood derived from the copaiba tree that belongs to the fabaceae family. Commonly known as copaiba, aceite de palo, arbol del aceite, copai or copaibi. It is a heavy, medium fine wood, easy to saw and good workability for carving. It is used in carpentry, flooring, indoor linings, parquet, plywood, floorboards, box preparation, moldings, formworks and laminations. In its preserved form it may be used in props or posts for fencing. it is ideal for particle panels and wood-cement panels.


Copper cathode

Copper ore that has been processed and purified to 99 percent purity and formed into multi ton cathode shapes


Copper concentrate

Copper ore that is processed to slurry form with a 30 percent copper purity level


Copper matte


Copper ore


Copper oxide

An inorganic compound with the formula Cu2O. It is one of the principal oxides of copper.


Copper powder or flakes


Copper scrap

Scrap made of copper.


Copper sulphide

Copper sulphide is a by product of nickel production


Cork


Cotton


Cotton batting

A type of batting made from cotton.


Cotton carded or combed

Fibers produced from a cotton plant.


Cotton chenille

A type of woven cotton fabric


Cotton fibers


Cotton linter

Short, fuzzy fiber which remains stuck to cotton seeds after ginning. Used in the manufactering of paper.


Cotton oxford cloths


Cotton terry towelling

Fabric of cotton


Cotton thread


Cotton velvet fabrics


Cotton yarn


Cow leather


Cross laminated timber

It is a board made by arranging lumber layers in the length and width directions and bonding three or more layers so that they are orthogonal to each other from adjacent layers.


Cryolite


Crystal soil

A type of water absorbent polymer, which is able to absorb and hold 80-150 times its volume of water for a long periods of time.Acts as a reservoir to store and release a steady stream of water and nutrients which plants use to grow.Comprised of beads that contain tiny holes that hold air and and water droplets.Substitute for natural soils.


Damask fabric

A reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers with a pattern formed by weaving


Densified wood

Wood impregnated with synthetic resins.


Diatomaceous silica


Dobby weave synthetic fabrics


Dolomite


Dossal


E24-2 or A37-2 steel

Basic steel, with the following main characteristics: C < 0,18 %, P < 0,50 %, S < 0,50 %, balance = Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions. One of the most common basic irons used in the construction industry.


Ecaussine or alabaster


Elastic braid


Embroidered fabric

A type of fabric containing detailing on a section of the fabric.


Embryos


Emery


Eucalyptus wood

A type of wood derived from the eucalyptus tree genus from the myrtaceae family. There are over 700 species, most of them from Australia. Currently, they are distributed in most part of the world and due to its rapid growth, they are frequently used in forest planting for paper in addition ot its ornamental value. it is used both in outdoor and indoor carpentry for doors, laminated profiles for windows, kitchen furniture, plywood panels and tongued and grooved flooring.


Excretions


Feathers


Feldspar


Felt fabrics


Ferro manganese alloy

A manganese based alloy traded as a commodity


Ferro nickel alloy

Ferro nickel is a stainless steel based alloy


Ferrous alloy


Ferrous alloy scrap

Scraps made of ferrous alloys


Ferrous alloy solids

Solids made from ferrous alloys


Fiberglass thread


Fill dirt


Fireclay


Fish eggs


Flax


Flax yarn


Fluorspar


Food waste or scrap


Fullers earth


Full grain leather


Furs


Garnets


Gauze fabric

A type of narrow weave fabric used for bandaging


Gimped yarn

Yarn that is wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine. Examples include chenille yarn, loop wale-yarn.


Glass fabric or cloth


Glass fibers


Glass waste or scrap


Glass yarn

Glass yarn is made up of multiple continuous filaments of glass twisted or laid together - it is commonly used in filament tapes, casting products, and woven into glass cloth for electronic applications.


Glued laminated timber

A type of structural timber composed of several layers of dimensioned timber glued together.


Goat leather


Gold

A precious metal and chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In a pure form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions.


Gold ore


Gold scrap


Granite


Graphite


Graphite fabric or cloth


Graphite thread


Gravel


Gypsum


Halite

Halite is rock salt which is the primary element of road salt and is used for unfreesing ice and snow.


Hardwoods


Haydite

A type of expanded shale, slate or clay; used as an aggregate to make lightweight structural concrete


Hazardous waste or scrap


Hemp


Hemp yarn


Hessian or hemp or jute cloth


Hook and loop fabrics or tapes


Horsehide leather


Human hair unworked

Unworked human hair whether or not washed or scoured.


Human hair worked

Used in making wigs,false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like.


Inconel 600 super alloy

Nickel-based alloy, with the following main characteristics: Ni 72,00 % min., Cr 14,00 to 17,00 %, Fe 6,00 to 10,00 %, balance = minor metallurgical pollutions. This alloy is suitable for high temperature applications where corrosion resistance is important. Frequently used for heat-treating baskets.


Indium


Indium oxide

Indium oxide is used in some types of batteries, thin film infrared reflectors transparent for visible light (hot mirrors), some optical coatings, and some antistatic coatings.


Iron


Iron ore


Iron ore concentrate

Iron ore that has been further processed to concentrate iron content


Iron ore fines

A type of refined iron ore sized to meet market demand.


Iron ore lumps

A type of refined iron ore sized to meet market demand.


Iron ore pellets

A type of refined iron ore sized to meet market demand.


Iron scrap


Ivory


Jacquard weave silk fabrics


Jacquard weave synthetic fabrics


Jacquard weave wool fabrics


Jute


Jute yarn


Kaolin or other kaolinic clays


Kieserite


Knit cotton fabrics


Knit non cotton vegetable fiber fabrics


Knit silk fabrics


Knit synthetic fabrics


Knit wool fabrics


Kyanite ore


Lac


Lace


Lead


Lead concentrate

An intermediate lead product produced by a variety of processes --including flotation, leaching, gravimetry, etc.-- applied to lead ore.


Lead ore


Lead scrap

Scrap made of lead.


Leather waste or scrap


Leucite


Licorice roots


Limestone


Limestone dust or mine rock dust

A crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.


Logs


Low carbon ferro manganese alloy

A type of manganese based alloy traded as a commodity


Magnesite


Magnesium aluminum alloy

A magnesium alloy used to improve the fabrication property of aluminum


Magnetite ore

A ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe 3 O 4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. Used for separating coal from rock.


Manganese fines

A type of refined manganese ore sized to meet market demand.


Manganese lumps

A type of refined manganese ore sized to meet market demand.


Manganese ore


Manganese oxide

A type of non ferrous oxide produced when manganese is further processed from ore.


Manganese sinter or pellet

Manganese ore that has been sintered and or pelletized


Manganese slag

A byproduct produced during processing of manganese ore


Maple wood

Trees or shrubs in the genus Acer are commonly called Maples. They are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or (together with the Hippocastanaceae) included in the family Sapindaceae


Marble


Marquisette cloth


Med carbon ferro manganese alloy

A type of manganese based alloy traded as a commodity


Medium density fiberboard

Building material which combines the technologies of the hardboard and particleboard industries and is manufactured from wood fibers combined with a synthetic resin, usually urea fomaldehyde. It is intended for interior use.


Mesh


Metalicized yarn

Yarn made of partially or entirely of metal.


Metal thread

Thread made partially or entirely of metal.


Mica


Mohena wood

Species widely distributed in the Amazon rainforest and Guyanas. In Peru, it is located in Iquitos, Yurimaguas, Pucallpa, Tornavista, Huánuco and Tingo María. The dry wood presents a golden yellow color with light green tones and dark stripes crisscrossed, its texture is medium to fine.


Molybdenum ore


Molybdenum oxide

Oxide from molybdenum metal. Used for the manufacturing of some alloys


Mulch


Mulite


Mullite


Narrow weave fabric

Narrow fabrics of wrap without weft assembled by adhesive


Natural graphite


Nephelite


Netting


Nickel


Nickel briquette or compact

A form of nickel ore that has been processed to the point where it is 98 to 99 percent pure nickel.


Nickel concentrate

An intermediate ore product which is produced from nickel ore and traded in the market


Nickel matte

An intermediate ore product produced from nickel ore and traded in the market


Nickel ore


Nickel oxide

Nickel Oxide


Nickel powder or flakes


Nickel scrap

Scraps made of nickel


Nickel solids

Solids made of pure nickel


Nickel sulphide

Nickel sulphide is a by product of nickel production


Nickel turnings

Turnings made of nickel


Noil of wool

Short fiber left after combing wool


Non-edible bird and poultry eggs


Non ferrous alloy


Non ferrous alloy scrap

Scraps made of non-ferrous alloys


Non ferrous alloy solids

Solids made from non-ferrous alloys


Nylon fibers


Nylon thread


Oak wood

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin "oak tree"), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. Oaks are hardwood trees. Oak wood has a density of about 0.75 g/cm³, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content


Oil wastes


Ornamental trimmings


Palladium


Paper wastes


Paper yarn


Paper yarn fabric


Parachute cloth


Particleboard

A type of engineered wood product manufactured from wood particles, such as wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even saw dust, and a synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and extruded. Particleboard is a type of fiberboard, a composite material, but it is made up of larger pieces of wood than medium-density fibreboard and hardboard.


Pashaco wood

A type of wood that has a low basic density and has a very pale brown color. It has good reaction to artificial drying without relevant risks as slight deformations. The Pashaco is an easy sawing wood and of good workability. However, it is prone to biologic attack and proper preservation treatment should be applied. The wood is used in indoor carpentry, drawers, doors, furniture, toys, scale models; it is suitable for making paper pulp.


Patent leather


Peat moss


Peridot

A gem-quality forsteritic olivine. The chemical composition is Mg, Fe 2SiO4, with Mg in greater quantities than Fe.


Pig iron

A product produced during the smelting of iron.


Pig leather


Pile weave synthetic fabric

A woven fabric that has loops on one or both sides of the fabric.


Pine wood

Pine wood is commercially among the most important of species used for timber in temperate and tropical regions of the world


Plain weave cotton fabrics


Plain weave non cotton vegetable fiber fabrics


Plain weave silk fabrics


Plain weave synthetic fabrics


Plain weave wool fabrics


Plastic waste or scrap


Platinum


Platinum ore


Plywood

A type of engineered board made from thin sheets of wood, called plies or wood veneers. The layers are glued together, each with its grain at right angles to adjacent layers for greater strength. There are usually an odd number of plies, as the symmetry makes the board less prone to warping and the grain on the outside surfaces runs in the same direction. The plies are bonded under heat and pressure with strong adhesives making plywood a type of composite material.


Polished diamond

Diamond that has been polished at the site of mining to enhance value.


Polyamide thread


Polyester fibers


Polyester thread


Polyester yarn


Polyethylene fiber

A fiber derived from polyethylene produced by polymerizing ethylene. It is high in strength, but low in heat resistance.


Polymer aramid fibers


Polypropylene fibers


Polyurethane fiber or spandex

A synthetic fiber known for its exceptional elasticity.It is stronger and more durable than rubber.


Polyvinyl alcohol fiber

This fiber is said to be the most similar to cotton fibers since it is the most moisture absorbent among synthetic fibers.


Poplar wood

Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars (in some areas "popple").


Precious metal scrap excluding gold


Pumice stone


Pygmalion or 846 alloy

Cobalt-based alloy, with the following main characteristics: Co 64,00 %, Cr 28,50 %, Mo 6,00 %, balance = minor metallurgical pollutions


Pyrite


Pyrophyllite

Very soft, pale-colored silicate mineral, hydrated aluminum silicate, Al2 OH 2 Si4O10, that is the main constituent of some schistose rocks.


Quartz


Quilted cloth


Ramie


Ramie yarn


Rattan


Rayon fibers


Reptile leather


Resin impregnated fabric or cloth


Resin impregnated thread


River rock

Rock that has been smoothed by water and friction


Rock wool or mineral wool

A fiber made from natural or synthetic minerals or metal oxides heated to molten rock at a temperature of about 1600 degrees centigrade, through which a stream of air or steam is blown.


Rosin


Rough diamond

Diamond mined from the earth that has not been polished or cut.


Rubber fabrics


Rubber or latex thread


Rubber waste or scrap


Sandstone


Satin fabric

A type of woven fabric that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back.


Saw dust


Sealing clay

A type of clay with a high quality sealing functionality.


Semen


Serpentine

Any of a group of hydrous magnesium-rich silicate minerals. The composition of these common rock-forming minerals approximates Mg3Si2O5 OH 4. Serpentine is usually grayish, white, or green but may be yellow -chrysotile- or green-blue -antigorite.The green color is due to iron replacing magnesium.


Sheep leather


Shell articles


Silica sand


Silicon carbide


Silicon manganese alloy

A type of manganese based alloy traded as a commodity


Silk fibers


Silk thread


Silk velvets fabrics


Silk yarn


Silver


Silver ore


Sisal


Slag or ash


Slate


Soft timber


Soil


Spandex thread


Spunbonded nonwovens


Spunlaced nonwovens


Stainless steel alloy 304

A type of stainless steel alloy with the following main characteristics: Cr 17,00 to 19,00 percent, Ni 8,00 to 10,00 percent, balance equals Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions. This commodity is probably the most common stainless steel used in industries to protect parts from moist corrosion


Stainless steel alloy 304l

A type of stainless steel alloy with the following main characteristics: Cr 18,00 to 20,00 percent, Ni 10,00 to 12,00 percent, balance equals Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions. This commodity matches a stainless steel quality used to manufacture some parts like forks and knives.


Stainless steel alloy 316

A type of stainless steel alloy with the following main characteristics: Cr 16,50 to 18,50 percent, Ni 10,00 to 13,00 percent, Mo 02,00 to 02,50 percent, balance equals Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions. This stainless steel enables protection against moisture and heat corrosion.


Steatite


Steel


Straw


Suede


Sulphur


Super alloy scrap

Scraps made of super-alloys (nickel-based, cobalt-based, etc.)


Super alloy solids

Solids made from super-alloys (nickel-based, cobalt-based, etc.)


Synthetic batting

A type of batting made from synthetic fiber.


Synthetic or imitation leather


Synthetic velvet fabrics


Synthetic yarn


TA6V super alloy

Titanium-based alloy, with the following main characteristics: Al 06,00 %, V 04,00 %, balance = Ti + minor metallurgical pollutions. This alloy is mainly used in the aircraft industry.


Talc


Tantalum ore


Tape fabrics


Teak wood

Teak (Tectona), is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest


Terra cotta


Textile waste or scrap


Thorium ore


Tin


Tin ore


Tin oxide

Tin oxide is mainly used to make transparent conductive coatings for liquid crystal displays, flat panel displays, plasma displays, touch panels, electronic ink applications, organic light-emitting diodes, and solar cells, and antistatic coatings and EMI shieldings.


Tin scrap

Scrap made of tin.


Titanium ore


Titanium oxide

As a pigment of high refringence, titanium dioxide is the most widely used white pigment because of its brightness and very high refractive index (n=2.4), in which it is surpassed only by a few other materials. When deposited as a thin film, its refractive index and colour make it an excellent reflective optical coating for dielectric mirrors and some gemstones


Tobacco waste or scrap


Topsoil


Tornillo wood

Type of wood found in the Peruvian jungle of medium density.


Tracing cloth


Travertine


Treated timber

A type of timber that is injected or coated with chemicals to prevent decay or other damage insects or humidity.


Tufted fabric other than carpet

Textile fabric woven a certain way


Tungsten or wolfram ore


Twill weave cotton fabrics


Twill weave synthetic fabric

A synthetic textile woven with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.


Twill weave wool fabrics


Unprocessed mohair


Unprocessed wool


Upholstery fabrics


Uranium ore


Utucuro wood

A type of wood derived from the utucuro tree which belongs to the family Malvaceae. The wood is used in joinery, lightweight structures, moldings


Vanadium oxide

A compound of vanadium and oxygen.


Vegetable fibers


Vermiculite

A type of light weight clay aggregate that expands with the application of heat.


Vermiculite ore


Viscose fibers


Waterproof fabric

High water resistant fabric that prevents water entry but allows an excellent ventilation and outlet of sweat vapor.


Webbing fabrics


Welting fabrics


Wire mesh fabric or cloth


Wollastonite

A calcium inosilicate mineral, usually white in color, used the manufacturing of ceramics, friction products such as brakes and clutches, metalmaking, paint filler, and plastics.


Wood chips


Wood flour


Wood pith


Wood pulp


Wood tar


Wood veneers

Wood veneers are constructed of thin slices of real wood which are adhered to the surface of a piece of furniture to give it the glowing appearance of real wood.


Wood waste or scrap


Wood wool


Wool degreased or carbonized and not carded or combed

Fiber obtained from sheep and other animals used to produce fabric


Wool fibers


Wool yarn


Woven flax fabric

Fabric woven from the flax plant


Woven jute fabric


Z90WDCV6542 or M2 high speed steel

High speed steel alloy, with the following main characteristics: W 6,40 %, Mo 5 %, Cr 4,20 %, V 1,80 %, C 0,9 %, balance = Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions


Z90WDKCV65542 or M35 high speed steel

High speed steel alloy, with the following main characteristics: W 6,40 %, Mo 5 %, Co 4,80%, Cr 4,20 %, V 1,80 %, C 0,93 %, balance = Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions


Zeolite

An aluminosilicate mineral that has a microporous structure- pores smaller than 2 nanometers in diameter.


Zinc


Zinc concentrate

An intermediate product in the process of zinc refining. It is derived by the application of a variety of processes --flotation, leaching, gravimetry, etc.-- to zinc ore.


Zinc dust or powder or flakes


Zinc ore


Zinc oxide

An inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. ZnO is a white powder that is insoluble in water, and it is widely used as an additive in numerous materials and products including rubbers, plastics, ceramics, glass, etc.


Zinc scrap

Scrap made of zinc.


Zirconium ore