The precious metal book offers a wide range of information about gold and silver, as well as the platinum group metals platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, and iridium. It contains extensive data and facts about precious metals - their history, extraction, usage, significance, and future prospects. Additionally, it addresses the increasing scarcity of raw materials. Precious metals are essential resources for many future technologies. The precious metal book critically examines price developments and investment opportunities (coins, bars, funds, futures contracts, etc.), making it suitable for interested investors and collectors who want to base their decisions on the purchase, holding, or sale of precious metals on a solid foundation. The precious metal book includes the latest information, such as production figures from the year 2012.