PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (December 14, 1998)

Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,262, alloy US$1,053 per tonne (Dec. 8/98).

Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,295 per tonne (Dec. 1/98).

Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.20 per lb. (Dec. 1/98).

Cadmium: Representative mid-market US$0.21 per lb. (Dec. 1/98).

Chromium: Not available.

Cobalt: Recent physical trades US$12.50-15.00 per lb. (Dec. 1/98).

Copper: Comex March delivery US$0.6805 per lb. (Dec. 8/98).

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$275 per kg (Dec. 1/98).

Iridium: Representative mid-market US$395 per oz. (Dec. 1/98).

Magnesium: Producer ingot US$1.80 per lb. (Dec. 1/98).

Manganese: Representative mid-market US$1,045 per tonne (Dec. 1/98).

Molybdenum: Recent physical trades US$2.10-2.35 per lb. molybdenum in oxide (Dec. 1/98).

Niobium: Composite spot ore US$3.00 per lb. Nb2O5 (Dec. 1/98).

Osmium: Representative mid-market US$400 per oz. (Dec. 1/98).

Rhodium: Representative mid-market US$645 per oz. (Dec. 1/98).

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$4.830, Toronto $7.654 per oz. (Dec. 8/98).

Tantalum: Spot ore mid-market US$32.00 per lb. Ta2O5 (Dec. 1/98).

Tin: Kuala Lumpur tin market US$5.278 per kg (Dec. 1/98).

Titanium: Recent physical trades of TiO2 concentrate US$570-620 per tonne (Dec. 1/98).

Tungsten: Composite spot ore US$4,500 per tonne WO3 (Dec. 1/98).

Uranium: Uranium Exchange Co. restricted spot price — US$8.75 per lb. U3O8; former Soviet republics — US$8.10 per lb. U3O8 (Nov. 30/98).

Vanadium: Recent physical trades US$2.60-3.20 per lb. V2O5 (Dec. 1/98).

Zinc: Composite free market, special high grade US$0.4932 per lb. (Dec. 8/98).