Base Metal Pricing Variation: A Contribution to a Conceptual Model for Nickel

• Authors: Stepan John

Title variants

PL

Zmiany cen metali nieszlachetnych: przyczynek do budowy modelu koncepcyjnego cen niklu

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper contributes to the discussion of Base Metal Pricing Variation by analysing Nickel data for the year 2007. 2007 was the culmination of a period of unprecedented Nickel price turbulence and the purpose of the analysis was to identify the most important factors which could have resulted in such significant variation. Based on this analysis a conceptual model was developed of Nickel pricing dynamics. This model is presented in the paper as it may prove useful in further research on price variation or for other mineral resource commodities.

Keywords

EN

base metals; mineral resource commodity prices; available inventory; warehouse stock; price variation model; supply and demand

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Central and Eastern European Journal of Management and Economics (CEEJME)
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 271-294

Dates

published

2015-12-31

Contributors

author

Stepan John

• AGH University of Science and Technology

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2353 - 9119