Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (April 27, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 64.75 cents -66.00 cents per lb. (Apr 9, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.18 per lb. (Apr 9, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $1.00-$1.10 per lb. (Apr 9, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 a lb. (Sept 13, 1985).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.15-$6.25 per lb. (Mar 26, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, 88.00 cents per lb. (Apr 20, 1987). UNITED STATES — 66.50 cents per lb. (Apr 1, 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, 37.0 cents per lb. (Apr 16, 1987). UNITED STATES — 28.0 cents per lb. (Apr 16, 1987).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.05- $3.11 per lb. (Apr 2, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $1.80-$1.83 per lb. (Apr 9, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). New York dealer $565-$575 per oz. (Apr 9, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.15 per lb. (Apr 2, 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 March, 1987, $US17.00-$17.90 a lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 49.5 cents ; special high grade, 50 cents (Mar 9, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 38.00 cents ; S.H.G. 38.50 cents per lb. (Mar 27, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US790 per tonne (Feb 3, 1987).