The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of three metals during 2014

The line graph illustrates the average change of the costs through the months of

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substances in 2014. In general,

nickel

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tends to decline over time compared to

copper

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and

zinc

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, and these

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metals bottomed out in June. Having looked at the given picture for details, in January,

nickel

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and

copper

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were at 6% and 2% before going down by 5% and nearly 0.5%, respectively in March. Meanwhile,

zinc

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witnessed an increase from 1% to 3%

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slightly dropping in the same month. In April, both

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and

copper

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remained steady

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zinc

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fell.

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percentages of

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substances continued to fall and reached the lowest rate in June.

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, begin the end of June,

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expenses of

copper

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,

nickel

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, and

zinc

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went up and levelled off at 1%, -1%, and -0.5%, respectively. After that,

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percentages slightly decreased before increasing and reached the final rate

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of the year. Among that, the figure for

zinc

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in December was more than in January by 1%.

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, the

nickel

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's rate had a significant decrease to 1%, and

copper

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's proportion witnessed a slight drop of approximately 0.2%.