The Selling of Copper
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1916-10-17Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey BulletinsRecent
United States of America
marketing
pricing
copper ore
commercial demand
selling
metallurgy
Metalcopper
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University of Arizona Bureau of MinesDescription
When a metal takes such marvelous leaps in its price as copper has been doing during the last several months, it draws the attention of people who otherwise are not at all interested in the production, working and selling of that particular metal. Just at the present time all mining men, mining engineers and others are watching the price of copper with very great interest. Before anything can be done with regard to the selling of an are, it is necessary to know its composition as accurately as possible. In the case of a copper are, one must know not only the percentage of copper or copper sulphide present, but also the percentages of all the other materials, because some substances in the are may bring a bonus, whereas one is penalized for other substances should they happen to be present in the are. The amount of both the bonus and the penalty will depend upon the percentages in which such substances appear. The basis on which the price of the are is estimated is the price of the refined metal at the time the valuation is made, as quoted by some principal market center, such as New York. 7 p.Additional Links
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Bulletin No. 36Metallurgical Series No. 2