Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (January 09, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market $1.11-$1.12 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer 96 -$1.01 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $6.55-$6.75 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $8.20-$8.50 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $7.45-$7.65 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.88 per lb. (Jan 3, 1989). UNITED STATES — Asarco Inc., $1.65 per lb. (Dec 21, 1988).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 51.00 per lb. (Nov 1, 1988). UNITED STATES — 42.00 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 $8.00- $9.15 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $535-$540 per oz. (Dec 22, 1988).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,230-$1,250 per oz. (Dec 22, 1988)

TIN: MW New York dealer (weekly avg.) $3.44 per lb. (Dec 22, 1988).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $56-$63 per mtu (Dec 22, 1988).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Nov 30, 1988: $US12.50 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for Dec, 1988: $US11.90-$12.40 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, special high grade, 93.00 per lb.(Jan 3, 1989). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, S.H.G. 78.50 per lb. (Jan 3, 1989). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Falconbridge, $US1,500 per tonne (Nov 4, 1988).