Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, December 10, 2013    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,245.75 26.75
Silver $20.05 -0.88
Platinum $1,381.00 36
Palladium $738.00 26
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $14,084.00 135
Lead $2,142.50 33.25
Copper $7,182.75 48.25
Zinc $1,954.75 36.75
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 9, 2013 (change from December 2, 2013 in brackets): 
Aluminium Alloy 58720 (-720)
Aluminium 5441200 (-30550)
Copper 405275 (-15125)
Lead 226950 (-3225)
Nickel 253056 (+930)
Tin 10550 (-330)
Zinc 937150 (-23100)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,300/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.90/lb.
Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$0.95/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
Jan. 2014: US$57.36; Feb. 2014: US$57.61
Cobalt 99.8: US$12.25/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures Jan. 2014: US$3.286/lb.; Comex Feb. 2014: $3.279/lb.
Germanium: US$1,350/kg.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$650.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$427.05/tr. oz.
Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,900.00/t.
Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,400.00/t.
Molybdenum Oxide: US$9.70/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$934.55/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$57.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$28.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$20.32; Fabricated: US$24.38; Sterling: US$18.84
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$390.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$34.50/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$36.00/lb.
Ferrovanadium: US$25.00/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$5.90/lb.
Prices current Dec. 10, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 9-Dec 6-Dec 5-Dec 4-Dec 3-Dec
BASE METALS  (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1790/1830 1770/1805 1755/1790 1760/1795 1760/1790
Aluminum 1748.50/1795 1727.50/1772.50 1727.50/1773 1701/1747 1694.50/1740
Copper 7140/7140 7111/7110 7080.50/7085 6974.50/6974.50 6944.50/6948
Lead 2085/2112 2065/2091 2073.50/2099.50 2046/2072 2035/2061
Nickel 13830/13890 13735/13825 13780/13840 13520/13585 13345/13410
Tin 23125/23155 23000/22980 23100/23075 22650/22635 22480/22475
Zinc 1911/1924 1882/1902 1882/1902 1861/1880.50 1856.50/1876.50
           
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1228.5 1230.75 1234 1213 1219
Gold PM 1237 1233 1222.5 1227.5 1217.25
Silver 19.5 19.49 19.46 19.05 19.17
Platinum 1373 1367 1364 1357 1345
Palladium 739 741 728 718 711
Exchange rates  
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)  
Date 9-Dec 6-Dec 5-Dec 4-Dec 3-Dec  
US$ in C$ 1.0641 1.0663 1.0638 1.0696 1.0662  
C$ in US$ 0.9398 0.9378 0.94 0.9349 0.9379  
             
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, Nov 12, 2013)
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 0.9665 1.4605 0.01031 0.0828 0.1025 1.7454
In US$ 0.9083 1.3725 0.00969 0.07781 0.09633 1.6403
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  Dec. 9  Dec. 2 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 16.38 16.1 -5.67 -39.4 -44.75 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 8.35 8.07 -5.71 -37.7 -43.31 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 6.06 5.86 -2.78 -51.5 -57.02 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 12.48 12.23 -2.75 -39.2 -44.45 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 8.98 8.87 -4.62 -41.1 -47.07 2.4 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 5.24 5.18 -6.43 -52 -58.91 1.65 811.6
London Life Precious Mtl 17.01 16.68 -8.38 -44.2 -49.77 3.37 259.2
Middlefield Precious Metals 5.72 5.57 -12.38 -46.1 -51.95 2.48 8.5
RBC Global Pr Mtl 21.6 21.17 -3.19 -39.9 -45.76 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 24.77 23.94 2.76 -46.8 -53.48 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 23.67 23.18 -11.45 -47.8 -52.05 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F 25.28 24.75 -10.69 -47.4 -51.61 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 27.4 27.08 -7.05 -37.3 -43.15 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A 5.78 5.71 -7.18 -37.4 -43.22 2.31 n/a
iShares TSX Global Gold Index 9.43 9.46 -5.17 -42.1 -49.4 0.55 802.1
Featured fund: CIBC Precious Metals top holdings as of 09/30/13 (in weighted order): Randgold, B2Gold, New Gold, Silver Wheaton, Primero Mining, Goldcorp, Agnico Eagle Mines, Tahoe Resources, Yamana Gold. Fund manager: Craig Porter.
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 9-Dec 6-Dec 5-Dec 4-Dec 3-Dec High Low
TSX Composite 13312.78 13280.72 13200.4 13304.92 13319.87 13517.02 11759.04
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 902.07 916.65 914.78 919.56 915.29 1247.01 859.31
S&P TSX 60 766.47 764.05 758.95 765.81 767.53 796.3 622.16
Global Gold 154.11 150.96 151.09 155.84 151.52 307.67 150.85
TSX Metals & Mining 733.43 728.55 725.22 736.26 732.77 1050.76 662.2
Gold & Silver XAU 82.48 80.8 80.97 83.01 80.88 169.97 80.65
Amex Gold Bugs 196.85 192.69 192.69 198.11 193.85 455.35 192.31
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/13 (with changes from Nov. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining  LUN 61982462 -612635
Kinross Gold  K 50405735 6914824
New Gold  NGD 48719043 230863
Eldorado Gold  ELD 40691916 10364141
Osisko Mining  OSK 35786854 -213662
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 32264287 1033334
Yamana   YRI 23753340 -1.1E+07
First Quantum  FM 22516148 -3941143
Tahoe Res.  THO 19577911 -117263
B2gold   BTO 19144058 650248
Detour Gold  DGC 18646304 596593
Thompson Creek  TCM 18399191 104743
Cameco   CCO 16108234 3049926
Dundee Prec.  DPM 13716150 143166
Potash Corp. POT 12568511 -5305239
Largest increase in short position
Eldorado Gold ELD 40691916 10364141
Kinross Gold  K 50405735 6914824
Silver Wheaton  SLW 4290916 3090303
Cameco   CCO 16108234 3049926
Canada Lithium  CLQ 3893893 2540100
Largest decrease in short position
Yamana Gold  YRI 23753340 -1.1E+07
First Majestic  FR 7100206 -5972660
Potash Corp. POT 12568511 -5305239
First Quantum  FM 22516148 -3941143
Denison Mines  DML 1473008 -3850742
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/13 (with changes from Nov. 15/13).
Largest short positions
Fission Uranium  FCU 3833536 723280
Revolver Resources  RZ 2001000 2001000
Robex Resources  RBX 1780000 1730000
Tasman Metals        TSM 1093905 -244550
Great Western        GWG 836000 -113500
Sirios Resources  SOI 434000 -80000
Sunridge Gold          SGC 399000 56500
Passport Potash  PPI 359000 359000
Zenyatta Ventures  ZEN 312663 -21400
Arianne Phosphate  DAN 265500 -96200
Gold Standard          GSV 250000 -300
Silvermet           SYI 241000 241000
Big North Graphite  NRT 217000 -6000
Asher Resources  ACN 209000 38500
Ecuador Gold           EGX 183000 183000
Largest increase in short position
Revolver Resources  RZ 2001000 2001000
Robex Resources  RBX 1780000 1730000
Fission Uranium  FCU 3833536 723280
Passport Potash  PPI 359000 359000
Silvermet          SYI 241000 241000
Largest decrease in short position
KWG Resources          KWG 2681 -878000
Aldrin Resource  ALN 0 -642500
Hunter Bay Minerals HBY 0 -310000
Tasman Metals         TSM 1093905 -244550
Kincora Copper   KCC 2000 -227000
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