Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (January 23, 1989)

ANTIMONY: New York dealer 98 cents -$1.03 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $6.65-$6.75 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $8.45-$8.65 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $7.40-$7.65 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.95 per lb. (Jan 16, 1989). UNITED STATES — Asarco Inc., $1.54 per lb. (Jan 9, 1989).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 51.00 cents per lb. (Nov 1, 1988). UNITED STATES — 42.00 cents per lb. (Nov 1, 1988).

MAGNESIUM: U.S., f.o.b. Freeport, ingot 99.8%, $US1.63 per lb. (Dec 8, 1988).

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.46- $3.52 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

NICKEL: New York dealer cathode $8.40- $8.70 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $520-$530 per oz. (Jan 5, 1989).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,245-$1,260 per oz. (Jan 5, 1989)

TIN: MW New York dealer (weekly avg.) $3.4425 per lb. (Jan 5, 1989).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $56-$64 per mtu (Jan 5, 1989). URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Dec 31, 1988: $US11.75 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for Dec, 1988: $US11.90-$12.40 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — Falconbridge high grade, 94.50 cents per lb., special high grade, 95.00 cents per lb.(Jan 4, 1989). UNITED STATES — Falconbridge H.G., 79.5 cents per lb, S.H.G. 80.00 cents per lb. (Jan 4, 1989).

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