Gold price series

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	international trade or finance data
Producer	Transvaal Chamber of Mines / various
Coverage	1903-1994
Works using it	2

Project holdings

The project holds this source in part. See Sanctions & Macro.

Debates

Debate	Works
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	2
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
Worker consciousness, strikes and conflict on the mines and shop floor	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Harington et al. (2004)	Annual average gold price per fine oz in SA rands and US$, 1903-1994 (Table I)	1903-1994	Used to show the relationship of labour force numbers to gold price changes.
James (1987)	TCM Annual Report 1950 (gold price series) and Timothy Green, The New World of Gold (1981)	1936-1950	Documents the fixed, stable gold price (about 7 to 8.6 pounds an ounce 1936-46) and the limitless demand, so the industry could not pass on cost increases.