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Case study: Relationship between gold-copper prices and mining share prices on the New York, Toronto, and Australian stock exchanges, an application of structural equation modeling

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  • Alonso Sánchez Torres

    (National University of Engineering)

  • Jose Carlos Veliz Palomino

    (CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School
    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

  • German Lobos Andrade

    (Universidad de Talca)

Abstract

Public mining companies list their shares on stock exchanges. The price of these mining shares is a product of the influence of various factors that are crucial to the prices of metals. Thus, this study evaluates an explanatory model of the share prices of mining sector companies and their relationship with the prices of the metals they produce, such as gold and copper. It adopts an explanatory design with observable variables using a quantitative approach. Data were collected from the transaction summaries of three mining companies listed on the New York, Toronto, and Australian Stock Exchanges. A relationship was found between gold and copper prices and the share prices on the stock exchanges of large gold- and copper-producing mining companies. Additionally, companies that produce only copper and not gold are also influenced by the price of gold, despite not producing this metal. The share prices of medium and small mining companies were primarily due to other factors. An explanatory model was proposed and developed for the variables of interest that empirically confirmed the reviewed theoretical proposals and revealed new and important findings. Using structural equation modelling (SEM) and multiple regression allowed simultaneous analysis of the study variables, which is superior to previous approaches with more limited statistical tools that use simple correlation or regression.

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  • Alonso Sánchez Torres & Jose Carlos Veliz Palomino & German Lobos Andrade, 2025. "Case study: Relationship between gold-copper prices and mining share prices on the New York, Toronto, and Australian stock exchanges, an application of structural equation modeling," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 38(4), pages 835-843, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:minecn:v:38:y:2025:i:4:d:10.1007_s13563-025-00498-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s13563-025-00498-7
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