PRODUCER PRICES (April 06, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 62.00 cents -64.00 cents per lb. (Mar 19, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.12-$1.18 per lb. (Mar 19, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer 95 cents -$1.05 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 a lb. (Sept 13, 1985).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.15-$6.30 per lb. (Mar 19, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, 87.00 cents per lb. (Mar 31, 1987). UNITED STATES — 67.00 cents per lb. (Mar 31, 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, 34.5 cents per lb. (Feb 3, 1987). UNITED STATES — 26 cents per lb. (Feb 3, 1987).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.07- $3.11 per lb. (Mar 19, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $1.78-$1.81 per lb. (Mar 12, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). New York dealer $519-$524 per oz. (Mar 19, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.16 per lb. (Mar 19, 1987).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $47-$53 (Mar 19, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Feb 28, 1987, $US16.75 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for March, 1987 $17.00-$17.90 a lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 49.5 cents ; special high grade, 50 cents (Mar 9, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 38.00 cents ; S.H.G. 38.50 cents per lb. (Mar 27, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US790 per tonne (Feb 3, 1987).