Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, July 15 2014
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,312.00 -6.25
Silver $20.93 -0.15
Platinum $1,496.00 3
Palladium $872.00 4
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $19,338.00 5
Lead $2,211.25 -1
Copper $7,142.00 19.5
Zinc $2,315.00 8
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 14, 2014 (change from July 7, 2014 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 34880 (-520)
Aluminium 4995275 (-43250)
Copper 159400 (+50)
Lead 213375 (-225)
Nickel 307710 (+2316)
Tin 11535 (-290)
Zinc 659975 (-3675)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,600/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.70/lb.
Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$0.90/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
Aug. 2014: US$60.60; Sept. 2014: US$60.45
Cobalt 99.8: US$14.00/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures Aug. 2014: US$3.21/lb.; Comex Sept. 2014: $3.22/lb.
Germanium: US$1,950/kg.
Germanium Dioxide: US$1,350/kg
Gallium: US$290/kg
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$720.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$608.70/tr. oz.
Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,700.00/t.
Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,250.00/t.
Mercury (flask): US$3,000
Molybdenum Oxide: US$14.25/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,130.43/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$69.04/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$26.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$20.77; Fabricated: US$24.92; Sterling: US$19.26
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$380.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$28.20/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$28.35/lb.
Ferrovanadium: US$27.00/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$6.25/lb.
Prices current July 16, 2014

Daily metal prices
Date 14-Jul 11-Jul 10-Jul 9-Jul 8-Jul
BASE METALS  (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1970/1980 1970/1980 1950/1980 1985/1990 1985/1990
Aluminum 1922.50/1942.50 1922.50/1942.50 1885/1910 1923.50/1950 1910/1942
Copper 7154/7140 7154/7140 7109/7090 7172.50/7155.50 7154.50/7152
Lead 2193/2214 2193/2214 2147/2170 2193/2218 2168.50/2197
Nickel 19205/19300 19205/19300 18965/19025 19510/19600 19435/19530
Tin 22165/22175 22165/22175 22075/22095 22200/22225 22600/22600
Zinc 2315/2315 2315/2315 22075/22095 2307/2302 2294/230
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PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1321.25 1336.5 1343.25 1322.5 1318.25
Gold PM 1306 1335 1340.25 1322.75 1323
Silver 21.13 21.42 21.5 21.13 21.08
Platinum 1494 1506 1512 1504 1499
Palladium 868 867 866 873 871
Exchange rates  
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)  
Date 14-Jul 11-Jul 10-Jul 9-Jul 8-Jul  
US$ in C$ 1.0722 1.072 1.0658 1.065 1.0674  
C$ in US$ 0.9327 0.9328 0.9383 0.939 0.9369  
             
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, July 14, 2014)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 1.007 1.4603 0.01056 0.08263 0.1004 1.8311
In US$ 0.9392 1.362 0.00985 0.07707 0.09364 1.7078
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  July 15  July 8 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 21.95 22.26 -0.31 -0.014 30.04 2.76 242.39
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 11.27 11.49 -0.22 -0.019 31.81 2.44 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 8.21 8.48 -0.27 -0.032 33.43 0.62 67.93
BMO Pr Mtl 15.6 16.2 -0.6 -0.037 23.02 2.41 72.85
CIBC Pr Mtl 12.2 12.36 -0.16 -0.013 32.94 2.48 65.05
Dynamic  Pr Mtl 4.34 4.35 -0.01 -0.002 45.64 2.65 276.22
London Life Precious Mtl 23.85 24.25 -0.4 -0.016 37.34 3.55 133.53
Mackenzie Pr Mtl-A 43.18 43.88 -0.7 -0.016 38.15 2.61 329.59
RBC Global Pr Mtl 28.74 29.14 -0.4 -0.014 28.85 2.13 598.57
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 37.13 38.08 -0.95 -0.025 43.54 2.77 547.44
Sprott Gold and PM-F 4.47 4.57 -0.1 -0.022 38.34 2.5 n/a
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 33.15 33.92 -0.77 -0.023 37.14 2.93 242.14
TD Pr Mtl-A 7.71 7.87 -0.16 -0.02 29.43 2.45 114.2
TD Pr Mtl-I 36.56 37.29 -0.73 -0.02 29.55 2.27 313.9
iShares TSX Global Gold Index 12.06 12.24 -0.18 -0.015 24.16 0.55 704.29
Featured fund:  Sentry Pr Mtl Growth top holdings as of 03/31/14 (in weighted order): Detour Gold, B2Gold, Osisko Mining, Rio Alto, Sandstorm Gold, Semafo, Silver Wheaton, Fortuna Silver, Timmins Gold. Fund manager: Kevin MacLean.
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 14-Jul 11-Jul 10-Jul 9-Jul 8-Jul High Low
TSX Composite 15171.23 15125.5 15114.48 15215.19 15137.18 15256.36 12400.15
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1020.22 1022.93 1022.85 1032.63 1027.52 1050.26 883.52
S&P TSX 60 871.7 868.09 866.82 872.09 868.07 872.71 709.99
Global Gold 198.64 203.92 197.75 201.29 196.41 218.9 149.29
TSX Metals & Mining 923.22 926.18 917.68 921.63 922.2 931.2 691.69
Gold & Silver XAU 101.36 104.07 101.72 103.77 101.15 115.21 79.73
Amex Gold Bugs 240.97 247.22 241.54 245.97 239.22 283.23 188.39
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at June 30/14 (with changes from June 15/14).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining LUN 59071072 1339333
New Gold NGD 34072424 -1111200
Barrick Gold  ABX 30989569 10784908
Detour Gold DGC 23601070 21630
Potash Corp POT 19600944 366119
B2Gold BTO 19042936 3359712
Tahoe Res.  THO 18746548 126108
Kinross Gold K 16263031 -1.4E+07
Torex Gold  TRQ 12990721 -267546
Thompson Creek  TCM 12870506 -241800
Dundee Precious  DPM 12200657 -20374
Eldorado Gold  ELD 11895632 -1.3E+07
Argonaut Gold  AR 11582293 -361774
First Majestic  FR 10923529 64183
Torex Gold  TXG 9642087 3048387
Largest increase in short position
Barrick Gold  ABX 30989569 10784908
B2Gold  BTO 19042936 3359712
Torex Gold  TXG 9642087 3048387
Lundin Mining   LUN 59071072 1339333
Potash Corp  POT 19600944 366119
Largest decrease in short position
Kinross Gold  K 16263031 -1.4E+07
Eldorado Gold ELD 11895632 -1.3E+07
New Gold NGD 34072424 -1111200
Argonaut Gold  AR 11582293 -361774
Turquoise Hill   TRQ 12990721 -267546
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at June 30/14 (with changes from June 15/14)
Largest short positions
Algold Res.  ALG 1274900 -78500
Aurcana AUN 1037101 498300
Atac Res.  ATC 968552 -11000
Kaminak Gold KAM 780045 486300
Niocorp Dev.  NB 414500 278100
Zenyatta Ven.   ZEN 321671 55573
Lumina Copper  LCC 304600 280200
Passport Pot.  PPI 261000 171000
Gold Standard   GSV 250600 -6900
Agriminco ANO 250000 250000
Murgor Res.  MGR 200000 63000
Mindoro Res.  MIO 200000 -351200
Selwyn Res.  SWN 200000 0
True Gold    TGM 159372 -22500
Castle Mountain  CMM 147500 66000
Largest increase in short position
Aurcana AUN 1037101 498300
Kaminak Gold  KAM 780045 486300
Lumina Copper  LCC 304600 280200
Niocorp Dev.  NB 414500 278100
Agriminco  ANO 250000 250000
Largest decrease in short position
Mindoro Res. MIO 200000 -351200
Algold Res.  ALG 1274900 -78500
True Gold  TGM 159372 -22500
Atac Res.  ATC 968552 -11000
Gold Standard  GSV 250600 -6900
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