EvE Online: Mexallon rising

Well this week is seeing something intresting on the EvE Online markets, a sharp rise in the value of Mexallon.
And this isn't an understatement.

The above graph, made thanks to Microsoft reporting services and my SQL server database, represents the evolution of the price of Mexallon starting on January 1 2011 until today December 9 2011.

At the moment it looks like we might end with Mexallon being worth more at the beginning of 2012 then it did at the beginning of this year.

The rise can possibly be explained by 2 things:

1. The new tier 3 battlecruisers being produced en masse
2. Minerals output off drone regions dropping due to subtle changes made to drone anomalies

For me it means my stockpiles of ore are just increasing in value without me lifting a finger