Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, June 25, 2013    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,285.00 -93.5
Silver $19.77 -2.03
Platinum $1,351.00 -77
Palladium $670.00 -33
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $13,960.00 325
Lead $2,042.00 47
Copper $6,798.25 127.75
Zinc $1,852.00 29
     
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 24, 2013 (change from June 17, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 69040 (-100)
Aluminium 5440325 (+160900)
Copper 678225 (+48750)
Lead 195875 (+3275)
Nickel 186198 (+2574)
Tin 14190 (-15)
Zinc 1065850 (-17925)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,900.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$9.00/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.05/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
July 2013: US$54.83; Aug. 2013: US$54.88
Cobalt: US$15.00/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures July 2013: US$3.044/lb.; Comex Aug. 2013: $3.050/lb.
Germanium: US$1,750/kg.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$560.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$968.48/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$10.75/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,054.78/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$85.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$32.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$18.70; Fabricated: US$22.44; Sterling: US$17.34
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$400.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$39.75/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$39.65/lb.
Ferrovanadium: US$28.00/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.50/lb.
Prices current June 26, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 20-May 17-May 16-May 15-May 14-May
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1741/1770 1750/1790 1760/1795 1745/1780 1770/1805
Aluminum 1728.50/1775.50 1747.50/1792.50 1748/1794 1792/1836.50 1794.50/1837.50
Copper 6637/6675 6775/6805.50 6807.50/6835 6972/7003 6970/7010
Lead 1995/2002 2016.50/2025.50 2008.50/2017 2081/2091 2075/2083
Nickel 13625/13725 13775/13830 13740/13810 14005/14100 14000/14050
Tin 19540/19625 19510/19590 19440/19520 20045/20095 20135/20195
Zinc 1789.50/1820.50 1808.50/1844.50 1794.50/1831 1834.50/1870 1816/1851.50
           
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1283.25 1290.25 1303.25 1366 1378.5
Gold PM 1285.75 1295.25 1292.5 1372.75 1366.75
Silver 19.65 19.87 20.24 21.62 21.8
Platinum 1360 1365 1391 1437 1427
Palladium 669 672 670 709 706
Exchange rates  
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)  
Date 24-Jun 21-Jun 20-Jun 19-Jun 18-Jun  
US$ in C$ 1.0532 1.047 1.0387 1.0187 1.0209  
C$ in US$ 0.9495 0.9551 0.9627 0.9816 0.9795  
             
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, June 24, 2013)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 0.9726 1.3786 0.01078 0.07864 0.1041 1.6223
In US$ 0.9235 1.309 0.01024 0.07467 0.09884 1.5404
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 24-Jun 21-Jun 20-Jun 19-Jun 18-Jun High Low
TSX Composite 11836.86 11995.66 11968.57 12268.29 12367.46 12904.71 11251.85
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 880.02 895.79 892.6 924.25 929.99 1349.32 876.4
S&P TSX 60 681.09 689.38 686.88 703.52 709.33 742.39 644.24
Global Gold 164.01 171.05 166.94 180.1 185.27 355.92 163.43
TSX Metals & Mining 663.39 708.59 703.89 740.69 754.89 1050.76 662.2
Gold & Silver XAU 87.33 91.41 90.21 97.46 100.32 196.71 86.29
Amex Gold Bugs 221.16 230.82 227.95 246.37 254.65 529.8 217.53
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at June. 15/13 (with changes from May. 31/13).
       
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining  LUN 70813970 1078980
New Gold  NGD 52037061 -1950708
Osisko Mining  OSK 42473591 -332963
Kinross Gold K 36905005 6132219
Eldorado Gold  ELD 32154548 -3354422
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 30853777 -242681
Barrick Gold  ABX 28791612 24840438
First Quantum  FM 22634673 -6550988
Thompson Creek  TCM 20126725 -178968
Tahoe Res.  THO 19999765 -398410
Dundee Prec.  DPM 16010750 -438546
First Majestic  FR 13620596 -1203427
B2gold   BTO 13360169 -298469
Detour Gold  DGC 12544452 -1901308
Argonaut Gold  AR 11416295 148031
Largest increase in short position
Barrick Gold  ABX 28791612 24840438
Kinross Gold  K 36905005 6132219
Silver Wheaton  SLW 8752579 4613909
Agnico-Eagle  AEM 5174155 3951436
Cline Mining  CMK 1609000 1600000
Largest decrease in short position
Yamana Gold  YRI 2199164 -1.3E+07
Teck Resources  TCK.B 2362561 -8425550
Cameco   CCO 6957338 -8146379
Potash Corp. POT 10119134 -6594458
First Quantum  FM 22634673 -6550988
       
       
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at June. 15/13 (with changes from May. 31/13).
       
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold. BGM 2070715 -190800
Pacific Potash    PP 961000 135500
Great Western     GWG 785500 -94000
Alpha Minerals    AMW 555297 -345900
Amarc Resources  AHR 478000 -57000
Argex Titanium    RGX 399273 15137
Coventry Resources  CYY 386828 21328
Adroit Resources  ADT 341000 341000
Zenyatta Ventures  ZEN 338450 -73089
Probe Mines      PRB 269217 17419
Edgewater Expl.   EDW 267000 54500
Sirios Resources  SOI 261000 -37000
Bellhaven Copper  BHV 254000 254000
Focus Graphite    FMS 245345 3480
African Gold      AGG 235000 210000
Largest increase in short position
Adroit Resources  ADT 341000 341000
Bellhaven Copper  BHV 254000 254000
African Gold     AGG 235000 210000
Huldra Silver     HDA 201000 201000
European Uranium  EUU 177500 177500
Largest decrease in short position
Alexandria Minerals  AZX 7000 -975500
Majestic Gold    MJS 77000 -584000
Aldrin Resource  ALN 0 -526000
Alpha Minerals   AMW 555297 -345900
Arian Resources  ARC 0 -340000
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