PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (August 23, 1999)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,210/t.

Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.

Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.

Chromium: Recent trades US$60.00-90.00/t.

Cobalt: Recent trades US$18.00-20.20/lb.

Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.7705/lb.

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$215/kg.

Iridium: Mid-mkt US$405/oz.

Magnesium: Producer ingot US$1.80/lb.

Manganese: Mid-mkt US$900/t.

Molybdenum: Recent trades US$2.61-2.80/lb Mo in oxide.

Niobium: Nb2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$3.00/lb.

Osmium: Mid-mkt US$400/oz.

Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$915/oz.

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$5.275, Toronto $8.038/oz.

Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$32.00/lb.

Tin: Kuala Lumpur mkt US$5.177/kg.

Titanium: Not available.

Tungsten: WO3 ore, mid-mkt US$4,400/t.

Uranium: U3O8, Uranium Exchange Co. restricted spot price — US$10.10/lb; fmr USSR — US$8.20/lb.

Vanadium: V2O5, recent trades US$1.98-2.20/lb.

Zinc: Mid-mkt, special high grade US$0.571/lb.

Prices current Aug. 17, 1999