The statistics illustrates how prices of copper, nickel and zinc changed throughout 2014.
Overall, all three metals experienced noticeable fluctuations over the year, with nickel showing the most dramatic changes, while copper and zinc remained comparatively stable.
At the beginning of the year, the price of nickel rose sharply, reaching its peak at around 6% in January, whereas copper and zinc increased modestly by approximately 2% and 1%, respectively. However, after this initial growth, all metals witnessed a downward trend until mid-year. Nickel’s price change dropped drastically to about -3% in July, while the figures for copper and zinc fell slightly to around -1%.
In the second half of the year, prices gradually recovered. By December, all three metals recorded positive changes again, with copper and zinc ending the year at about 2%, and nickel showing a smaller rebound of roughly 1%.
In summary, nickel exhibited the highest volatility in price changes throughout 2014, whereas copper and zinc followed similar, more stable patterns.