Metals, mining and money markets


SPOT PRICES
Courtesy of ScotiaBank
Tuesday, July 24, 2012    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1573.00 -22.00
Silver $26.93 -0.49
Platinum $1393.00 -35.00
Palladium $564.00 -21.00
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $15701.00 +105.00
Lead $1856.25 -3.00
Copper $7417.00 +16.00
Zinc $1806.50 -7.00
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 23, 2012 (change from July 2 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 94360 (-1040)
Aluminium 4850500 (+50650)
Copper 252550 (+875)
Lead 336350 (-6625)
Nickel 110622 (+3492)
Tin 11720 (-375)
Zinc 1011200 (+23050)

PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,750.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.30/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.08/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures August 2012: US$55.73; September 2012: US$57.73
Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.75-13.50/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures August 2012: US$3.368/lb.; Comex September 2012: $3.368/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$580.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,050.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,250.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,845,000.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$12.25-12.55/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,202.50/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$102.50/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$48.50/lb.
Silver: Base: US$27.06; Fabricated: US$32.47; Sterling: US$25.09.
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$103/lb. CIF China
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$18.83/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$391.00 per mtu; APT U.S. mid-mkt: US$407.50 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$50.25/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$5.75-6.00/lb.
Prices current July 23, 2012  

DAILY METAL PRICES
Date July 23
July 20
July 19
July 18
July 17
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1720/1740 1760/1780 1770/1790 1770/1790 1770/1790
Aluminum 1835/1860.50 1894/1913 1908.50/1934 1868/1895 1888/1917
Copper 7386/7389 7620/7635 7764.50/7761 7595/7595 7670/7675
Lead 1850/1858.50 1898.50/1905.50 1920/1926 1872/1883 1888/1907.50
Nickel 15630/15625 15810/15895 16175/16175 15980/16040 16100/16200
Tin 18450/18490 18985/18995 19200/19200 18650/18700 18850/18850
Zinc 1798/1806 1850/1854.50 1882.50/1888.50 1852/1860 1885/1884
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1571.50 1583.00 1580.00 1579.50 1595.00
Gold PM 1572.25 1576.25 1584.00 1575.25 1585.25
Silver 26.95 27.07 27.45 27.03 27.42
Platinum 1393.00 1408.00 1415.00 1405.00 1419.00
Palladium 565.00 577.00 581.00 576.00 583.00

LEGEND
A    –    Australian Stock Exchange
C    –    CNSX Canadian National Stock Exchange
J    –    Johannesburg Stock Exchange
L    –    London Stock Exchange
M    –    Mexico Stock Exchange
N    –    New York Stock Exchange
O    –    U.S. over-the-counter
Q    –    NASDAQ or U.S. OTC
T    –    Toronto Stock Exchange
V    –    TSX Venture Exchange
X    –    NYSE Alternext U.S.
*    –    Denotes price in U.S.$

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CONVERSION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams
1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces
1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1,000 kilograms
1 (metric) tonne = 2,204.6 pounds
1 (short) ton = 2,000 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1.1023 (short) tons
1 gram per (metric) tonne = 0.02917 troy ounces per (short) ton
    = 0.03215 troy ounces per (metric) tonne
1 kilometre = 0.6214 miles
1 hectare = 2.47 acres

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CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS
Fund name July 23
July 16
Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 26.86 27.30 -0.44 -1.6 -21.46 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.59 21.65 -9.06 -41.8 -25.90 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 12.67 13.05 0.13 4.3 -25.26 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 20.27 20.72 -0.45 -2.2 -21.05 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 15.09 15.67 -0.58 -3.7 -26.21 2.40 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 11.78 12.25 -0.47 -3.8 -24.29 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 30.14 30.77 -0.63 -2.0 -26.04 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl 14.28 14.58 -0.30 -2.1 -25.62 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 10.80 11.00 -0.20 -1.8 -28.44 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 16.46 16.80 -0.34 -2.0 -25.7 2.70 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 34.82 35.76 -0.94 -2.6 -23.5 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 43.70 45.27 -1.57 -3.5 -24.4 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 43.33 43.89 -0.56 -1.3 -29.7 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 45.64 46.21 -0.57 -1.2 -29.3 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 43.82 44.91 -1.09 -2.4 -25.0 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtll-A 9.26 9.49 -0.23 -2.4 -25.1 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 17.36 17.73 -0.37 -2.1 -22.74 0.55 1063.3
Featured Fund: CIBC Precious Metals as of 05/31/12 (in weighted order): Silver Wheaton, Randgold Resources, Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, B2 Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, Alacer Gold, Semafo. Fund Manager: Craig Porter.
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES

Date
July 23
July 20
July 19
July 18

July 17
52-week
High Low
TSX Composite 11545.54 11622.91 11665.70 11579.15 11571.19 13486.31 10848.19
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1174.16 1196.19 1190.87 1182.34 1176.75 2061.46 1153.90
S&P TSX 60 659.37 663.40 666.43 662.03 661.52 769.00 622.16
Global Gold 277.72 282.75 281.56 279.40 284.40 455.38 265.99
TSX Metals & Mining 808.55 835.60 852.60 816.48 805.78 1469.08 751.86
Gold & Silver XAU 143.54 147.58 148.02 146.30 148.09 228.98 140.94
Amex Gold Bugs 388.67 398.88 397.74 393.25 399.07 638.59 372.74
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