Metals, mining and money markets



SPOT PRICES
Courtesy of ScotiaBank
Tuesday, August 7, 2012    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1613.00 -9.75
Silver $28.00 -0.20
Platinum $1409.00 -10.00
Palladium $583.00 -6.00
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $15806.00 -2.00
Lead $1914.25 +25.00
Copper $7588.75 +96.00
Zinc $1863.25 +15.00
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 6, 2012 (change from July 30 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 92480 (-1100)
Aluminium 4880425 (+40275)
Copper 245950 (-3125)
Lead 326550 (-1350)
Nickel 115992 (+2316)
Tin 11650 (-115)
Zinc 989875 (-12575)

PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,750.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.15/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.85/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures September 2012: US$57.53; October 2012: US$60.08
Cobalt: Recent trades US$12.50-13.60/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures September 2012: US$3.44/lb.; Comex October 2012: $3.45/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$580.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,025.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,310.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,625,000.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$10.70-11.10/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,062.50.00/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$100.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$41.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$28.55; Fabricated: US$34.25; Sterling: US$26.47
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$103/lb. CIF China
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$18.10/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$390.00 per mtu; APT U.S. mid-mkt: US$407.50 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$49.00/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A.

Prices current August 21, 2012

DAILY METAL PRICES
Date Aug 6
Aug 3
Aug 2
Aug 1
July 31
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1725/1740 1720/1750 1735/1760 1755/1770 1745/1770
Aluminum 1828.50/1862 1806/1840 1820.50/1854.50 1843.50/1877 1862/1900
Copper 7395/7410 7326/7327.50 7386/7394 7495/7500 7580/7585.50
Lead 1868/1883 1861/1866 1868/1881 1886/1899.50 1946/1954
Nickel 15450/15525 15375/15400 15475/15590 15705/15795 15995/16010
Tin 17705/17775 17750/17750 17625/17670 17900/17950 18215/18225
Zinc 1823/1831 1806.50/1819.50 1807/1820 1816/1827 1849/1858
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1605.75 1595.00 1604.50 1614.75 1622.75
Gold PM 1610.00 1602.00 1597.00 1599.00 1622.00
Silver 27.72 27.25 27.42 27.87 28.20
Platinum 1396.00 1390.00 1391.00 1394.00 1427.00
Palladium 576.00 573.00 575.00 586.00 591.00

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

CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS
Fund name Aug 7
July 30
Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 28.44 27.98 0.46 1.6 -16.84 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 13.76 13.31 0.45 3.4 -19.01 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 13.71 13.08 0.13 4.3 -19.12 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 21.49 20.99 0.50 2.4 -16.31 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 16.09

15.74 0.35 2.2 -21.32 2.40 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 12.54 12.35 0.19 1.5 -19.41 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 32.53 31.44 1.09 3.5 -20.18 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl 15.42 14.90 0.52 3.5 -19.70 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 11.44 11.25 0.19 1.7 -24.22 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 17.77 17.17 0.60 3.5 -19.8 2.70 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 37.50 36.48 1.02 2.8 -17.6 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 47.88 45.65 2.23 4.9 -17.2 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 46.94 45.57 1.37 3.0 -23.8 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 49.46 48.01 1.45 3.0 -23.4 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 47.01 46.09 0.92 2.0 -19.5 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtll-A 9.94 9.74 0.20 2.1 -19.6 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 18.45 17.91 0.54 3.0 -17.89 0.55 1063.3
Featured Fund: Dynamic Precious Metals as of 05/31/12 (in weighted order): Allied Nevada Gold, Osisko Mining, Perseus Mining, Alamos Gold, Goldcorp, Aurizon Mines, Premier Gold Mines, San Gold, Silver Lake Resources, New Gold. Fund Manager: Robert Cohen.
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES

Date
Aug 6
Aug 3
Aug 2
Aug 1

July 31
52-week
High Low
TSX Composite n/a 11662.59 11506.50 11618.53 11664.71 12798.53 10848.19
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp n/a 1186.95 1173.63 1189.63 1183.08 1833.29 1153.90
S&P TSX 60 n/a 665.53 656.08 663.08 665.46 730.92 622.16
Global Gold n/a 287.63 283.89 285.92 288.31 455.38 265.99
TSX Metals & Mining n/a 826.89 809.78 806.50 818.20 1259.13 751.86
Gold & Silver XAU 154.10 150.33 147.73 149.11 150.90 228.98 140.94
Amex Gold Bugs 417.62 407.53 400.47 403.44 409.28 638.59 372.74
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