Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, July 23, 2013    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,286.00 34
Silver $19.95 0.85
Platinum $1,412.00 44
Palladium $727.00 25
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $14,056.00 -10
Lead $2,049.50 -4
Copper $7,027.00 -2.25
Zinc $1,878.75 2
     
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 22, 2013 (change from July 15, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 67380 (-720)
Aluminium 5469150 (+59100)
Copper 634650 (-3200)
Lead 197975 (+4025)
Nickel 199782 (+3474)
Tin 14265 (-170)
Zinc 1067625 (+64975)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,600.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.50/lb.
Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$1.00/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
Aug. 2013: US$55.00; Sept. 2013: US$55.28
Cobalt 99.8: US$14.00/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures Aug. 2013: US$3.208/lb.; Comex Sept. 2013: $3.214/lb.
Germanium: US$1,775/kg.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$560.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$910.87/tr. oz.
Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,850.00/t.
Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,300.00/t.
Molybdenum Oxide: US$9.50/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$998.04/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$84.61/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$32.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$20.31; Fabricated: US$24.37; Sterling: US$18.83
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$420.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$36.50/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$36.50/lb.
Ferrovanadium: US$25.50/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.75/lb.
Prices current July 24, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 22-Jul 19-Jul 18-Jul 17-Jul 16-Jul
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1760/1790 1780/1810 1745/1775 1745/1780 1750/1780
Aluminum 1794/1840.50 1772/1816 1752.50/1796.50 1772/1816 1752/1800.50
Copper 6978/6990 6919.50/6924.50 6855/6885 6323/6939 6936/6964
Lead 2035.50/2045 2035.50/2053.50 2016/2029.50 2037/2048 2044/2061.50
Nickel 14050/14145 13975/14035 13880/13975 13805/13925 13530/13590
Tin 19475/19525 19575/19595 19350/19380 19455/19500 19390/19425
Zinc 1839.50/1874 1833/1866 1821/1855 1831.50/1865 1843/1877
           
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RECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1313.75 1286 1279.75 1284.25 1286
Gold PM 1327 1295.75 1283.25 1297.25 1291.5
Silver 19.95 19.42 19.49 19.83 19.95
Platinum 1442 1422 1413 1424 1426
Palladium 750 743 737 734 735
Exchange rates  
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)  
Date 22-Jul 19-Jul 18-Jul 17-Jul 16-Jul  
US$ in C$ 1.0337 1.0363 1.0396 1.0425 1.0388  
C$ in US$ 0.9674 0.965 0.9619 0.9592 0.9626  
             
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, May 21, 2013)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 0.9563 1.3637 0.01038 0.08265 0.1054 1.5882
In US$ 0.9251 1.3192 0.01004 0.07996 0.102 1.5364
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  July 22  July 15 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 19.73 17.16 -5.67 -33 -33.45 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 10.29 8.43 -5.71 -67.7 -30.14 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 8.57 6.94 -2.78 4.3 -39.22 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 15.25 13.04 -2.75 -21.1 -32.15 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 10.78 9.21 -4.62 -50.2 -36.45 2.4 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 6.8 5.73 -6.43 -112.2 -46.67 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 20.88 17.61 -8.38 -47.6 -38.37 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$ 9.99 8.42 -7.63 -90.6 -38.03 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 7.37 6.48 -12.38 -191 -38.08 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 11.49 9.69 -7.72 -79.7 -38.1 2.7 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 26.55 22.42 -3.19 -14.2 -33.32 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 31.27 26.19 2.76 10.5 -41.28 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 28.23 24.43 -11.45 -46.9 -42.82 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F 30.02 26.04 -10.69 -41.1 -42.54 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 31.99 27.32 -7.05 -25.8 -33.63 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A 6.75 5.76 -7.18 -124.7 -33.69 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 12.06 10.04 -5.17 -51.5 -35.61 0.55 1063.3
Featured fund: Sprott Gold and Precious Metals top holdings as of 03/31/13 (in weighted order): Silver Wheaton, Osisko Mining, Pan American Silver, Belo Sun Mining, Dundee Precious Metals, Primero Mining, Kirkland Lake Gold, Silver Standard Resources, Colossus Minerals. Fund manager: Charles Oliver. 
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 22-Jul 19-Jul 18-Jul 17-Jul 16-Jul High Low
TSX Composite 12758.38 12685.13 12628.85 12568.77 12516.89 12904.71 11416.49
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 929.38 920.39 914.57 910.82 910.84 1349.32 859.31
S&P TSX 60 733.93 729.73 726.59 722.14 718 742.39 651.27
Global Gold 189.18 177.67 170.68 171.71 176.33 355.92 154
TSX Metals & Mining 727.86 716.96 731.57 730.81 723.62 1050.76 662.2
Gold & Silver XAU 100.33 94.82 91.38 93.99 89.5 196.71 82.29
Amex Gold Bugs 254.93 240.33 230.2 230.18 236.93 529.8 206.66
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at July 15/13 (with changes from June 30/13).
       
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining  LUN 69309777 -1984333
New Gold  NGD 55161618 -245120
Osisko Mining  OSK 40914744 -34413
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 30514154 -302652
Barrick Gold  ABX 29306488 -7934915
Tahoe Res.  THO 20828870 -182502
Thompson Creek TCM 20438334 -638
Kinross Gold K 18062945 -1.8E+07
Dundee Prec.  DPM 15900697 -65603
B2gold   BTO 14283057 497586
First Majestic  FR 13480561 69461
Detour Gold  DGC 13182682 248247
Eldorado Gold  ELD 13131265 -5659431
Yamana Gold  YRI 12857109 10859873
First Quantum  FM 12658363 570884
Largest increase in short position
Agrium       AGU 11969013 11363406
Yamana Gold  YRI 12857109 10859873
Teck Resources  TCK.B 9262407 6186622
Cameco         CCO 8915408 5575769
Iamgold  IMG 8363316 4750619
Largest decrease in short position
Kinross Gold  K 18062945 -1.8E+07
Barrick Gold  ABX 29306488 -7934915
Eldorado Gold  ELD 13131265 -5659431
Ivanplats  IVP 23500 -3371346
Silver Wheaton  SLW 4625874 -2971060
       
       
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at July 15/13 (with changes from June 30/13).
       
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2138515 -75700
Radius Gold      RDU 1958000 848000
Unigold          UGD 1227223 1227100
Pacific Potash    PP 998000 240000
Great Western    GWG 849500 72000
Aldrin Resource  ALN 554000 300000
Apogee Silver    APE 550482 247000
Alpha Minerals   AMW 549497 4300
Bellhaven Copper  BHV 539000 0
Argex Titanium    RGX 497073 -252500
Manitou Gold     MTU 491000 491000
Huldra Silver    HDA 400000 42000
Big North Graphite  NRT 350000 350000
Zenyatta Ventures. ZEN 334433 -431
Northern Iron    NFE 317500 317500
Largest increase in short position
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2138515 -75700
Radius Gold      RDU 1958000 848000
Unigold          UGD 1227223 1227100
Pacific Potash    PP 998000 240000
Great Western    GWG 849500 72000
Largest decrease in short position
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2138515 -75700
Radius Gold      RDU 1958000 848000
Unigold          UGD 1227223 1227100
Pacific Potash    PP 998000 240000
Great Western    GWG 849500 72000
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