The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of 3 metals during 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. (task 1)

The line chart gives information about the change in monthly

prices

for

copper

,

nickel

and

zinc

over the course of 2014.

Overall

, there were declines

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the

prices

of

copper

and especially

nickel

, and a moderate rise

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zinc

. By the end of the period, the changes had become less extreme and

nickel

clearly experienced the greatest month-to-month volatility. In January

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2014, the percentage change for

nickel

based on the previous month was 6%, by far higher than

copper

(2%) and

zinc

(1%).

This

trend reversed for

nickel

with the percentage changes dropping to 1% by March and a low of -3% by June. The divergences for the other minerals were more moderate with a high of a 3% change for

zinc

in February before a declining trend over the remainder of the first half of the

year

.

Copper

prices

similarly

fell but were grouped slightly lower around 1% to -1%. In the second half of the

year

,

nickel

production declined (-1% over most months) before a sharp rise to finish the

year

with

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Copper

,

in contrast

, hovered near 1% from July onwards with a slight uptick in December.

Zinc

was marginally lower with .5% drops for the majority of the latter part of the

year

, prior to a surge to finish with a 2% rise in December, the highest ending point among all mineral

prices

.