I need this for a report on AluminumWhat is the cost for one gram (or whatever unit used to measure aluminum) of Aluminum?Example: The element Arsenic costs $3.20 for 1 gram
It costs different people different prices For a Smelter (that is, a person or company that derives it from Bauxite, the ore) is one priceThis is the raw bauxite cost, plus the smelting costs, plus a small profit of about 40% nett He then sells it (at a different price,say + 50% 'ON-COST'.) to anotherThe person who buys it from him at the second price melts it, casts it again into different shapes (block, rod, tube.etc.) which he then sells to a third person, the Manufacturer, who makes things like pans, trays, pens, chassis, ornaments, etc, out of the tube, plate, rod, wire, etc- which he sells on at another price, - again, (say) + 50% ON-COSTThese are sold to Wholesalers or Distributers at another priceRetailers buy the things he makes, at yet a higher price, and sell them on to the public at the highest price of all, - again (say cost + 50%)The average member of the public, (Joe) pays about ?2/ozfor a cast, finished piece, -which he then wears out, or breaksHe takes it to the scrap metal merchant, and sells it for scrap .- about 10 pence per ozWhich Price did you want? You can work it out by simple mathematics from the above The same applies to Arsenic, of courseTo the original, basic producer it will be the same ratiosIf you (as a Stage-manufacturer ) make a nett profit of less than about 40- 50% on-cost, ( before tax) then you'll not survive as a going business concern.
