Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (February 08, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 90.50 cents -92.00 cents per lb. (Jan 21, 1988).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.85 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $3.10-$3.25 per lb. (Jan 21, 1988).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.95-$7.20 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.35 per lb. (Feb 1, 1988). UNITED STATES — $1.06 per lb. (Feb 2, 1988).

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, 47.00 cents per lb. (Feb 2, 1988). UNITED STATES — 37.00 cents per lb. (Feb 2, 1988).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.18- $3.24 per lb. (Jan 21, 1988).

NICKEL: New York dealer cathode $3.75- $3.80 per lb. (Jan 21, 1988).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $490-$495 per oz. (Jan 21, 1988).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,240-$1,255 per oz. (Jan 14, 1988)

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.185 per lb. (Jan 21, 1988).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $49-$58 per mtu (Dec 17, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Dec 31, 1987, $US16.55 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for January, 1988: $US16.45-$17.25 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 59.00 cents per lb; special high grade, 59.50 cents per lb.(Nov 16, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 46.00 cents ; S.H.G. 46.50 cents per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Falconbridge, $US890 per tonne (Jan 19, 1988).