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Page 257
... copper mine that worked continuously in 1922. Australian mining had reached its lowest ebb since the gold ... price of copper was halved , the sharpest fall occurring between 1920 and 1921 when the average price fell from £ 110 to £ 75 ...
... copper mine that worked continuously in 1922. Australian mining had reached its lowest ebb since the gold ... price of copper was halved , the sharpest fall occurring between 1920 and 1921 when the average price fell from £ 110 to £ 75 ...
Page 288
... 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 widely in response to 288 THE PEAKS OF LYELL.
... 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 widely in response to 288 THE PEAKS OF LYELL.
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Geoffrey Blainey. that the price of copper fluctuates widely in response to the chang- ing demands of war and peace , the effect of national stockpiling and new mining techniques , and the competition of substitute metals and new mines ...
Geoffrey Blainey. that the price of copper fluctuates widely in response to the chang- ing demands of war and peace , the effect of national stockpiling and new mining techniques , and the competition of substitute metals and new mines ...
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