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Page 249
... price of copper col- lapsed like a concertina . The year 1918 , when the company earned a net profit of £ 247,000 , marked the end of the boom in copper prices . By 1920 the company was earning no profit from the mines , and at the ...
... price of copper col- lapsed like a concertina . The year 1918 , when the company earned a net profit of £ 247,000 , marked the end of the boom in copper prices . By 1920 the company was earning no profit from the mines , and at the ...
Page 259
... price of copper . In these crucial years profits from the company's fertilizer works , the second largest makers of superphosphate in Australia , fell sharply . The struggling wheat farmers , vexed by the high price of fertilizer ...
... price of copper . In these crucial years profits from the company's fertilizer works , the second largest makers of superphosphate in Australia , fell sharply . The struggling wheat farmers , vexed by the high price of fertilizer ...
Page 289
... price of copper or an unexpected increase in the cost of production could make the mine unprofitable even though £ 75,000,000 worth of copper ( at present prices ) is buried in the ridge . They knew that the price of copper fluctuates ...
... price of copper or an unexpected increase in the cost of production could make the mine unprofitable even though £ 75,000,000 worth of copper ( at present prices ) is buried in the ridge . They knew that the price of copper fluctuates ...
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