PRODUCER PRICES (September 07, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 82.50 cents -85.00 cents per lb. (Aug 27, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.15 per lb. (Aug 13, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$5.00 per lb. (Aug 20, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $2.10-$2.20 per lb. (Aug 27, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 per lb. (Sept 13, 1985).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.75-$6.90 per lb. (Aug 20, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.05 per lb. (Aug 26, 1987). UNITED STATES — 81.00 cents per lb. (Aug 21, 1987).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 55.75 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987). UNITED STATES — 42.00 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.02- $3.15 per lb. (Aug 27, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $2.50-$2.57 per lb. (Aug 27, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $595-$605 per oz. (Aug 27, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.16 per lb. (Aug 27, 1987).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $42-$57 per mtu (Aug 27, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of July 31, 1987, $US16.75 per lb. U3O8.NUKEM spot market for July, 1987: non-U.S. origin, $US16.60-$17.00 per lb.; U.S. origin, $US18.25- 19.25 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 64.00 cents per lb; special high grade, 64. 50 cents per lb (June 10, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 48.00 cents ; S.H.G. 48.50 cents per lb. (June 10, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US860 per tonne (June 11, 1987).