Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Brown, Robert Mark
URN	etd-03202010-180320
Document Title	The pricing of commodity raw materials to the South African gold mining industry
Degree	MBA
Department	Gordon Institute of Business Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Mr M Holland Supervisor
Keywords	commodity options
Date	2008-04-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The object of government is the welfare of the people – Theodore Roosevelt Commodity prices in the South African economy has become a topic of much debate with suppliers, consumers and government involved in a struggle to address issues of monopolies, market dominance and claims of excessive pricing. This document aims to explore to what extent commodity prices affect the gold mining industry, the theory and practicality of monopolistic supplier pricing models, the responses to such behaviour and the role that the competition authorities play in facilitating a free market. By obtaining industry information, studies of market theory and the review of competition legislation, an understanding of the issues was obtained. After discussion with industry role players (suppliers, mining companies and independent third parties) both qualitative and quantitative data was obtained to answer questions around competition and market dominance. © 2007 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows: Brown, RM 2007, The pricing of commodity raw materials to the South African gold mining industry, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03202010-180320/ > G10/124/ag
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