Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (January 25, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 89.00 cents -91.00 cents per lb. (Jan 7, 1988).

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 $6.85-$7.10 per lb. (Dec 29, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.82 per lb. (Jan 11, 1988). UNITED STATES — $1.43 per lb. (Jan 11, 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, 49.25 cents per lb. (Jan 5, 1988). UNITED STATES — 38.00 cents per lb. (Jan 5, 1988).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.03- $3.13 per lb. (Jan 7, 1988).

NICKEL: New York dealer cathode $3.80- $3.90 per lb. (Jan 7, 1988).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $500-$507 per oz. (Jan 7, 1988).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,235-$1,255 per oz. (Jan 7, 1988)

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.20 per lb. (Jan 7, 1988).

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 December, 1987: non-U.S. origin, $US16.45-$17.00 per lb.; U.S. origin, $US17.20-$17.90 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, $US80 per tonne (Jan 19 1988).