Kenneth Hoffman, head of metals and mining research at Bloomberg Industries, is so sure of new demand for deal making that the company will launch a new product on Monday to help buyers value mining assets across metals.

The product, in development for about a year, compiles data from such sources as National Instrument 43-101 reports that have official, detailed information about mineral projects across the metals spectrum, including gold, silver, copper, nickel, lead, zinc and iron.