PRODUCER PRICES Metal Prices (October 17, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market $1.00-$1.04 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.05-$1.10 per lb. (Aug 25, 1988).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $6.10-$6.15 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $6.20-$6.30 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $7.00-$7.20 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.62 per lb. (Oct. 11, 1988). UNITED STATES — Asarco Inc., $1.26 per lb. (Oct 6, 1988).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 47.00 per lb. (Sept 1, 1988). UNITED STATES — 38.00 per lb. (Sept 1, 1988).

MAGNESIUM: U.S., f.o.b. Freeport, ingot 99.8%, $US1.58 per lb. (June 1, 1988).

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.49- $3.53 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

NICKEL: New York dealer cathode $5.03- $5.20 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $485-$495 per oz. (Sept 29, 1988).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,185-$1,200 per oz. (Sept 29, 1988)

TIN: MW New York dealer (weekly avg.) $3.40875 per lb. (Sept 29, 1988).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $52-$62 per mtu (Sept 22, 1988).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Aug 31, 1988, $US14.15 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for Sept., 1988: $US13.90-14.40 per lb.

U3O8. ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 84.50 per lb; special high grade, 85.00 per lb.(Aug 30, 1988). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 69.00 ; S.H.G. 69.50 per lb. (Aug 30, 1988). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Falconbridge, $US1,350 per tonne (Sept 2, 1988).