Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (January 04, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 86.00 cents -88.00 cents per lb. (Dec 22, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.12-$1.16 per lb. (Dec 10, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.70-$4.80 per lb. (Nov 19, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $3.00-$3.20 per lb. (Dec 3, 1987).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.60-$6.85 per lb. (Dec 22, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.77 per lb. (Dec 21, 1987). UNITED STATES — $1.39 per lb. (Dec 23, 1987).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 55.75 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987). UNITED STATES — 42.00 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $2.95- $3.00 per lb. (Dec 22, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $3.75-$3.94 per lb. (Dec 22, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $496-$502 per oz. (Dec 22, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.18 per lb. (Dec 17, 1987).

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

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Nov 30, 1987, $US16.65 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for November, 1987: non-U.S. origin, $US16.60-$17.25 per lb.; U.S. origin, $US17.40-$18.00 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. 45.00 cents ; S.H.G. 45.50 cents per lb. (Nov 16, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US860 per tonne (Nov 20, 1987).