Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices

Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,472.75 55.5
Silver $24.42 1.41
Platinum $1,513.00 97
Palladium $699.00 29
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $15,350.00 -110
Lead $2,026.50 -17
Copper $7,036.75 -98.5
Zinc $1,864.50 -39
     
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 29, 2013 (change from April 22, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 71720 (-2160)
Aluminium 5158625 (-18225)
Copper 619600 (+6525)
Lead 257775 (-2075)
Nickel 175566 (+1590)
Tin 14085 (-400)
Zinc 1080475 (-24300)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$10,450.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$9.35/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.91/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
June 2013: US$59.33; July 2013: US$60.57
Cobalt: US$12.34/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures June 2013: US$3.079/lb.; Comex July 2013: $3.082/lb.
Germanium:US$1,650/kg.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$550.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,000.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,700.00/t.
Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,400.00/t.
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$11.00-11.50/lb.
Rhenium:Mid-mkt N.A.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,160.00/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$85.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$39.50/lb.
Silver: Base: US$23.27; Fabricated: US$27.92; Sterling: US$21.58
Tin: US$9.43/lb.
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$350.00
per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$40.50/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, US$5.25
Prices current May 1, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 29-Apr 26-Apr 25-Apr 24-Apr 23-Apr
BASE METALS  (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1790/1810 1810/1810 1775/1810 1790/1810 1798/1790
Aluminum 1846/1881 1889.50/1922 1882.50/1915 1870.50/1901 1858/1888
Copper 7078/7116.50 7054/7099.50 7033/7055 6935/6973 6810/6840
Lead 2020/2037 2036/2055.50 2040.50/2058 2009/2031 1988/2001.50
Tin 15280/15370 15275/15340 15130/15225 15200/15245 15080/15150
Zinc 20770/20795 20770/20800 20800/20805 20850/20800 20625/20575
           
           
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (Londo
n fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1472.5 1462.25 1446.5 1424.5 1417.25
Gold PM 1467.5 1471.5 1451 1428.5 1408
Silver 24.24 24.02 23.3 22.91 23.01
Platinum 1505 1483 1454 1427 1417
Palladium 694 681 679 674 670
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 29-Apr 26-Apr 25-Apr 24-Apr 23-Apr High Low
TSX Composite 12312.67 12220.2 12329.51 12270.43 12090.94 12904.71 11209.55
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 962.08 965.22 964.67 951.7 940.95 1436.93 917.83
S&P TSX 60 703.6 697.28 703.89 702.13 692 742.39 637.7
Global Gold 199.76 197.6 205.25 203.81 190.76 355.92 182.95
TSX Metals & Mining 794.95 785.15 822.37 798.13 756.29 1050.76 719.37
Gold & Silver XAU 107.88 106.31 109.94 108.76 102.3 196.72 98.42
Amex Gold Bugs 280.88 276.39 288.61 284.61 266.03 529.8 256.2

Japan


   
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)    
Date 29-Apr 26-Apr 25-Apr 24-Apr 23-Apr    
US$ in C$ 1.0138 1.017 1.0194 1.027 1.0259    
C$ in US$ 0.9864 0.9833 0.981 0.9737 0.9748    
               
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, April 29, 2013)  
Currency Aus $ Euro Mex P SA Rand UK £  
In C$ 1.049 1.327 0.01033 0.08361 0.1129 1.5709  
In US$ 1.0347 1.3089 0.01019 0.08247 0.1114 1.5495  
               
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  Apr. 29  Apr. 22 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 20.66 19.84 -5.67 -28.6 -30.32 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 10.31 9.89 -5.71 -57.7 -30.01 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 8.56 8.09 -2.78 4.3 -39.37 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 15.54 15.13 -2.75 -18.2 -30.88 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 11.43 11.05 -4.62 -41.8 -32.68 2.4 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 7.86 7.63 -6.43 -84.3 -38.35 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 22.7 22.22 -8.38 -37.7 -32.99 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$ 10.84 10.6 -7.63 -72 -32.76 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 7.86 7.66 -12.38 -161.6 -33.94 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 12.48 12.21 -7.72 -63.2 -32.8 2.7 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 28.18 27.16 -3.19 -11.7 -29.25 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 33.92 32.72 2.76 8.4 -36.31 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 31.71 30.43 -11.45 -37.6 -35.76 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F 33.68 32.32 -10.69 -33.1 -35.53 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 33.77 32.41 -7.05 -21.8 -29.94 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A 7.13 6.85 -7.18 -104.9 -29.98 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 12.56 12.21 -5.17 -42.3 -33.3 0.55 1063.3
Featured fund: Mackenzie Universal Precious Metals top holdings as of 01/31/13 (in weighted order): Rio Tinto. Goldcorp, AngloGold Ashanti, Tahoe Resources, Randgold Resources, Detour Gold, Eldorado Gold, Barrick Gold, Ivanplats. Fund manager: Fred Sturm.
TSX short positions  
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 15/13 (with changes from Mar. 31/13).  
         
Largest short positions  
Lundin Mining           LUN 71453049 5385557  
New Gold           NGD 54646988 72980  
Osisko Mining          OSK 50305194 16690386  
Kinross Gold          K 41758726 22568585  
Dundee Precious  DPM 23910250 -230360  
Yamana Gold             YRI 21190845 19700462  
Thompson Creek   TCM 21184950 1066830  
Turquoise Hill   TRQ 20834560 678682  
Tahoe Resources  THO 17741221 1047268  
Argonaut Gold          AR 12925630 87630  
Barrick Gold          ABX 11216181 -1.2E+07  
Silver Standard  SSO 11041618 4153734  
Detour Gold          DGC 10573449 151710  
Banro                   BAA 9947017 3915143  
Eldorado Gold           ELD 8741658 -9563491  
Largest increase in short position  
Kinross Gold         K 41758726 22568585  
Yamana Gold        YRI 21190845 19700462  
Osisko Mining          OSK 50305194 16690386  
Silver Wheaton   SLW 8135287 6757550  
HorizonS Gld Bull HGU 5846850 5549896  
Largest decrease in short position  
Aurico Gold  AUQ 6991736 -1.6E+07  
Barrick Gold  ABX 11216181 -1.2E+07  
Eldorado Gold  ELD 8741658 -9563491  
Agnico-Eagle  AEM 3613307 -6442897  
Iamgold  IMG 5755589 -6402747  
         
         
TSX Venture short positions  
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 15/13 (with changes from Mar. 31/13).  
         
Largest short positions  
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2456415 2200  
New Guinea Gold  NGG 1350000 1350000  
Great Western        GWG 1068935 407559  
Alpha Minerals   AMW 911637 577188  
Challenger Deep  CDE 832533 450311  
Probe Mines            PRB 579400 -120800  
Zenyatta Ventures  ZEN 561499 -15583  
Argex Titanium   RGX 483593 67766  
Big North Graphite  NRT 452000 329000  
Energold Drilling EGD 356700 35400  
Fission Energy   FIS 294504 -13587  
Unigold          UGD 282776 119750  
Urastar Gold          URS 240000 240000  
Orko Silver          OK 220000 201900  
Focus Graphite   FMS 213499 52309  
Largest increase in short position  
New Guinea Gold  NGG 1350000 1350000  
Alpha Minerals   AMW 911637 577188  
Challenger Deep  CDE 832533 450311  
Great Western         GWG 1068935 407559  
Big North Graphite  NRT 452000 329000  
Largest decrease in short position  
Pacific Potash   PP 125000 -1133000  
Cerro Resources  CJO 0 -500000  
Aurcana          AUN 123500 -269472  
Avanti Mining       AVT 100000 -265000  
Galantas Gold        GAL 850 -250000  
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