Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (May 11, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 65.00 cents -66.50 cents per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.15-$1.20 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.70-$2.85 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $1.20-$1.30 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 a lb. (Sept 13, 1985).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.25-$6.35 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, 91.50 cents per lb. (May 5, 1987). UNITED STATES — 68.00 cents per lb. (May 5, 1987).

IRON ORE: UNITED STATES — Hanna Mining, delivered Lake Erie ports, taconite pellets 86.9 cents per long ton unit of Fe. (Feb 26, 1982).

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 44.25 cents per lb. (May 5, 1987). UNITED STATES — 33.00 cents per lb. (May 5, 1987).

MAGNESIUM: U.S., f.o.b. Freeport, ingot 99.8%, $US1.53 per lb. (Jan 2, 1986).

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.05- $3.12 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $1.82-$1.86 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). New York dealer $605-$615 per oz. (Apr 23, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.18 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $50-$55 (Apr 9, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Mar 31, 1987, $US17.00 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for April, 1987, $US17.00-$18.00 a lb. U3O8. ZINC: CANADA — HBM &S, high grade 54.5 cents ; special high grade, 55 cents (Apr 29, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 41.00 cents ; S.H.G. 41.50 cents per lb. (Apr 29, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US790 per tonne (Feb 3, 1987).