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Strategies & Market Trends : Commodities - The Coming Bull Market

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To: craig crawford who wrote (162)6/8/2001 1:29:55 AM
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Annual Average Zinc Price
(Dollars per pound)

Year..... Price.......Year.......Price.......Year.......Price....... Year....... Price
1875..... 0.070 .....1906 .....0.061 .....1937 .....0.065 .....1968 .....0.135
1876 .....0.072 .....1907 .....0.058 .....1938 .....0.046 .....1969 .....0.147
1877..... 0.060 .....1908 .....0.046 .....1939 .....0.051 .....1970 .....0.153
1878..... 0.049 .....1909 .....0.054 .....1940 .....0.063 .....1971 .....0.161
1879..... 0.052 .....1910 .....0.054 .....1941 .....0.075 .....1972 .....0.178
1880..... 0.055 .....1911 .....0.056 .....1942 .....0.083 .....1973 .....0.207
1881..... 0.052 .....1912 .....0.068 .....1943 .....0.083 .....1974 .....0.360
1882 .....0.053 .....1913 .....0.055 .....1944 .....0.083 .....1975 .....0.390
1883..... 0.045 .....1914 .....0.051 .....1945 .....0.083 .....1976 .....0.370
1884..... 0.044 .....1915 .....0.142 .....1946 .....0.087 .....1977 .....0.344
1885..... 0.043 .....1916 .....0.136 .....1947 .....0.105 .....1978 .....0.310
1886..... 0.044 .....1917 .....0.089 .....1948 .....0.136 .....1979 .....0.373
1887..... 0.046 .....1918 .....0.080 .....1949 .....0.122 .....1980 .....0.374
1888..... 0.049 .....1919 .....0.070 .....1950 .....0.139 .....1981 .....0.446
1889..... 0.050 .....1920 .....0.078 .....1951 .....0.180 .....1982 .....0.385
1890..... 0.055 .....1921 .....0.047 .....1952 .....0.162 .....1983 .....0.414
1891..... 0.050 .....1922 .....0.057 .....1953 .....0.109 .....1984 .....0.486
1892..... 0.046 .....1923 .....0.066 .....1954 .....0.107 .....1985 .....0.404
1893..... 0.040 .....1924 .....0.063 .....1955 .....0.123 .....1986 .....0.380
1894..... 0.035 .....1925 .....0.076..... 1956 .....0.135 .....1987 .....0.419
1895..... 0.036 .....1926 .....0.073 .....1957 .....0.114 .....1988 .....0.602
1896..... 0.039 .....1927 .....0.062 .....1958 .....0.103 .....1989 .....0.820
1897..... 0.041 .....1928 .....0.060 .....1959 .....0.115 .....1990 .....0.746
1898..... 0.046 .....1929 .....0.065 .....1960 .....0.130 .....1991 .....0.528
1899..... 0.058 .....1930 .....0.046 .....1961 .....0.116 .....1992 .....0.584
1900..... 0.044 .....1931 .....0.036 .....1962 .....0.116 .....1993 .....0.462
1901..... 0.041 .....1932 .....0.029 .....1963 .....0.120 .....1994 .....0.493
1902..... 0.048 .....1933 .....0.040 .....1964 .....0.136 .....1995..... 0.534
1903..... 0.054 .....1934 .....0.042 .....1965 .....0.145 .....1996 .....0.511
1904..... 0.051 .....1935 .....0.043 .....1966 .....0.145 .....1997 .....0.646
1905..... 0.059 .....1936 .....0.049 .....1967 .....0.139 .....1998..... 0.514

Significant events affecting zinc prices since 1958

1954-64 Stockpile buildup; import quotas
1965-69 Vietnam conflict; import quotas terminate; stockpile releases
1971-73 Price control; slow price increase
1975-82 Stockpile sales terminate; declining production
1977 Recessions
1982 Recession; introduction of zinc penny
1983-89 Period of sustained economic growth; stagnating domestic production; high zinc imports and prices
1987-89 Short supply of zinc metal; strong world demand
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