SPOT PRICES
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)Change
Gold $1394.50+22.25
Silver $32.89+2.17
Platinum $1823.00-17.00
Palladium $837.000.00
Base MetalsPrice (US$/tonne)Change
Nickel $28860.00-35.00
Lead $2562.50-91.00
Copper $9653.00-453.00
Zinc $2490.00-4.50
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 21, 2011 (change from Feb. 14 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 79520(+100)
Aluminium 4621325(+26600)
Copper411475(+9700)
Lead 296750(+1175)
Nickel 129222(-1200)
Tin 17540(-55)
Zinc 708675(-400)
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$14,250/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$9.55/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.50/lb.
Coal: EIA Central Appalachian thermal, US$77.70/t; Powder River Basin thermal, US$14.55/t; Northern Appalachian, US$73.25/t; US EIA metallurgical, US$163.81/t. CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures Mar. 2011: US$67.20; Apr. 2011: US$67.23
Cobalt: Recent trades US$21.50-23.00/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures Mar. 2011: US$4.324/lb.; Comex Apr. 2011: $4.332/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$573.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1025.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,100.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$3,560.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$17.70-18.00/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$2,450.00/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$180.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$59.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$32.99; Fabricated: US$39.59; Sterling: US$30.59
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$39.50/lb.
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$32.40/kg.
Tungsten: APT Tungstate mid-mkt: US$340.00 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$72.25/lb.; Trade Tech spot price US$68.50/lb.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$6.75-7.00/lb.
Prices current Feb. 22, 2011
DAILY METAL PRICES
DateFeb. 21Feb. 18Feb. 17Feb. 16Feb. 15
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy2350/23302325/23052320/23002330/23102320/2300
Aluminum2531/25652508/25402473.50/25052476/25052482/2509.50
Copper9829/98149805/97959799.50/97859924.50/9904.5010106/10109
Lead2657/26632610/26152586/25812618.50/26172653.50/2647
Nickel29025/2905028280/2835028295/2832028550/2855028895/28905
Tin32350/3235031750/3179031450/3145032425/3255032545/32590
Zinc2545/25722515/25452460.50/24892477/25082494.50/2517
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM1399.501385.501377.001374.501372.25
Gold PM1403.001383.501379.001371.251372.75
Silver33.4331.9430.6130.7730.72
Platinum1847.001836.001834.001828.001842.00
Palladium858.00847.00839.00840.00845.00
LEGEND
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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CONVERSIONS OF WEIGHTS & 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
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