Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, June 11, 2013    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,369.50 -35.75
Silver $21.58 -0.93
Platinum $1,493.00 4
Palladium $761.00 10
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $14,470.00 -360
Lead $2,114.75 -45
Copper $7,063.00 -97
Zinc $1,852.75 -36.5
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 10, 2013 (change from June 3, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 69060 0
Aluminium 5206025 (-7650)
Copper 609000 (-8225)
Lead 207350 (-9650)
Nickel 182436 (+2364)
Tin 14435 (+525)
Zinc 1106325 (+19975)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$10,400.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$9.30/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.975/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
July 2013: US$59.85; Aug. 2013: US$60.12
Cobalt: US$14.25/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures July 2013: US$3.223/lb.; Comex Aug. 2013: $3.226/lb.
Germanium: US$1,750/kg.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$560.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$975.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,850.00/t.
Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,400.00/t.
Molybdenum Oxide:US$11.25/lb.
Rhenium: US$3,600/kg
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,094.35/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$85.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$32/lb.
Silver: Base: US$21.86; Fabricated: US$26.23; Sterling: US$20.27
Tin: N.A.
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$360.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$39.75/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$39.75
Ferrovanadium: US$28.50/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.75/lb.
Prices current June 12, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 10-Jun 7-Jun 6-Jun 5-Jun 4-Jun
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1850/1870 1850/1870 1825/1850 1820/1850 1790/1820
Aluminum 1888/1919 1933/1968 1927/1957 1938.50/1966.50 1902/1930
Copper 7330/7365 7281/7315 7310.50/7346 7421/7460 7337/7370
Lead 2209.50/2207 2187.50/2191 2205/2205.50 2246/2244 2217/2212
Nickel 15025/15125 15045/15105 14915/15050 15250/15335 15135/15200
Tin 20995/21025 20975/21090 20890/20920 21075/21095 21000/21025
Zinc 1906/1940.50 1903/1935 1895/1927 1924.50/1957.50 1911.50/1943
           
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1376.75 1410 1399.5 1396.5 1405.25
Gold PM 1383.25 1386 1400 1404 1399.5
Silver 21.81 22.6 22.62 22.37 22.51
Platinum 1498 1505 1515 1503 1486
Palladium 759 754 756.5 754 751
Exchange rates  
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)  
Date 10-Jun 7-Jun 6-Jun 5-Jun 4-Jun  
US$ in C$ 1.0187 1.021 1.0238 1.0345 1.0348  
C$ in US$ 0.9816 0.9794 0.9768 0.9667 0.9664  
             
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, June 10, 2013)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 0.9645 1.3481 0.0103 0.07927 0.1003 1.5846
In US$ 0.9468 1.3234 0.01011 0.07781 0.09846 1.5555

Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  June 10  June 3 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 19.73 20.49 -5.67 -27.7 -33.45 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 10 10.51 -5.71 -54.3 -32.11 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 8.33 8.73 -2.78 4.3 -40.98 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 15.04 15.52 -2.75 -17.7 -33.08 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 10.56 11.03 -4.62 -41.9 -37.77 2.4 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 7.13 7.4 -6.43 -86.9 -44.08 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 21.36 22.39 -8.38 -37.4 -36.94 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$ 10.21 10.71 -7.63 -71.3 -36.68 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 7.51 7.8 -12.38 -158.7 -36.87 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 11.75 12.32 -7.72 -62.7 -36.73 2.7 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 26.57 27.81 -3.19 -11.5 -33.27 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 32.09 33.68 2.76 8.2 -37.74 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 29.75 31.02 -11.45 -36.9 -39.74 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F 31.63 32.98 -10.69 -32.4 -39.45 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 32.47 34.12 -7.05 -20.7 -32.63 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A 6.85 7.21 -7.18 -99.6 -32.69 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 12.36 13.04 -5.17 -39.6 -34.4 0.55 1063.3
Featured fund: RBC Global Precious Metals top holdings as of 01/31/13 (in weighted order): Yamana Gold, Goldcorp, Silver Wheaton, B2Gold, Barrick Gold, Franco-Nevada, Agnico Eagle Mines, New Gold, Rio Alto Mining, Eldorado Gold. Fund manager: Chris Beer. 
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 10-Jun 7-Jun 6-Jun 5-Jun 4-Jun High Low
TSX Composite 12382.67 12373.3 12409.33 12443.65 12593.97 12375.81 12233.37
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 946.72 951.4 951.43 947.44 958.9 1349.32 917.83
S&P TSX 60 708.83 707.52 709.61 712.18 721.71 742.39 644.24
Global Gold 198.24 197.55 208.03 207.04 205.54 355.92 180.2
TSX Metals & Mining 788.56 795.23 818.65 826.38 836.59 1050.76 719.37
Gold & Silver XAU 105.8 105.62 109.9 108.49 108.23 196.71 97.1
Amex Gold Bugs 270.11 269.45 281.44 277.69 276.62 529.8 244.62
< td colspan="4" height="17">TSX Venture short positions
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at May. 15/13 (with changes from Apr. 30/13).
       
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining  LUN 69734990 821631
New Gold  NGD 53987769 2961620
Osisko Mining  OSK 42806554 -246733
Eldorado Gold  ELD 35508970 2345443
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 31096458 4007213
Kinross Gold  K 30772786 -1.8E+07
First Quantum  FM 29185661 2078028
Tahoe Res.  THO 20398175 1922058
Thompson Creek  TCM 20305693 -89083
Potash Corp. POT 16713592 -3688519
Dundee Prec. DPM 16449296 -7429904
Cameco   CCO 15103717 -2627989
Yamana Gold  YRI 14900612 -1.2E+07
First Majestic  FR 14824023 3417318
Detour Gold  DGC 14445760 2472317
Largest increase in short position
B2gold   BTO 13658638 6428028
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 31096458 4007213
First Majestic  FR 14824023 3417318
Atna Resources  ATN 3312580 3228080
New Gold  NGD 53987769 2961620
Largest decrease in short position
Kinross Gold  K 30772786 -1.8E+07
Yamana Gold  YRI 14900612 -1.2E+07
Dundee Prec.  DPM 16449296 -7429904
Iamgold  IMG 8675835 -3997463
Aurico Gold  AUQ 1718568 -3962177
       
       
Short positions outstanding at May 31/13 (with changes from May 15/13).
       
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2261515 -47300
Alexandria Min.  AZX 982500 937500
Alpha Minerals   AMW 901197 66500
Great Western Min. GWG 879500 -493000
Pacific Potash   PP 825500 321500
Majestic Gold    MJS 661000 137047
Amarc Resources  AHR 535000 535000
Aldrin Resource  ALN 526000 0
Zenyatta Ventures  ZEN 411539 -123898
Argex Titanium   RGX 384136 -11264
Arian Resources  ARC 340000 339117
Sirios Resources  SOI 298000 222000
Probe Mines      PRB 251798 -4002
Encanto Potash   EPO 250000 249094
Focus Graphite   FMS 241865 -1121
Largest increase in short position
Alexandria Minerals AZX 982500 937500
Amarc Resources  AHR 535000 535000
Arian Resources  ARC 340000 339117
Pacific Potash   PP 825500 321500
Encanto Potash   EPO 250000 249094
Largest decrease in short position
Kilo Goldmines    KGL 0 -2000000
Monarques Res.    MQR 0 -834000
Northern Shield  NRN 0 -683500
Nevada Sunrise Gold  NEV 0 -521000
Great Western Min. GWG 879500 -493000
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