Metals, mining and money

Spot prices

 

Courtesy of Scotiabank

 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

 

Precious Metals

Price (US$/oz.)

Change

Gold

$1,311.00

18.25

Silver

$20.08

-0.12

Platinum

$1,471.00

8

Palladium

$875.00

20

     

Base Metals

Price (US$/tonne)

Change

Nickel

$18,819.00

175

Lead

$2,259.00

3

Copper

$6,960.25

-34.75

Zinc

$2,320.25

17.25

LME warehouse levels

 

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 11, 2014 (change from August 4, 2014 in brackets):

 

Aluminium Alloy

33800

(+180)

Aluminium

4911900

(-42650)

Copper

141375

(-4800)

Lead

215900

(+250)

Nickel

318750

(+1206)

Tin

12780

(+1000)

Zinc

706175

(+51100)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony FOB China: Mid-mkt US$9,400/t

Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$12.00/lb.

Cadmium 99.9: Mid-mkt US$0.92/lb.

Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures

Sept. 2014: US$60.03; Oct. 2014: US$59.88

Cobalt 99.8: US$16.25/lb.

Copper: Comex Copper Futures Sept. 2014: US$3.11/lb.; Comex Oct. 2014: $3.12/lb.

Germanium: US$1,950/kg.

Germanium Dioxide: US$1,350/kg

Gallium: US$290/kg

Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$720.00/kg.

Iridium: Mid-mkt US$623.05/tr. oz.

Magnesium FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,700.00/t.

Manganese FOB China: Mid-mkt US$2,250.00/t.

Mercury (flask): US$2,700

Molybdenum Oxide: US$13.50/lb.

Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,258.48/tr. oz.

Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$68.00/tr. oz.

Selenium: Mid-mkt US$26.00/lb.

Silver: Base: US$20.03; Fabricated: US$24.03; Sterling: N.A.

Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$370.00 per mtu

Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$29.75/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$30.00/lb.

Ferrovanadium: US$27.50/kg; Vanadium-Pentoxide: US$6.30/lb.

Prices current Aug. 13, 2014

 

Daily metal prices

       

Date

Aug-11

Aug-08

Aug-07

Aug-06

Aug-05

BASE METALS

(London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)

Al Alloy

1980/2000

1980/1995

1960/1980

1960/1980

1950/1970

Aluminum

2030/2032.50

2017/2023

20
14/2023

1982.50/1993

2001.50/2013

Copper

7010/7001

7019/7000

6980/6970

6994/6976

7100/7103

Lead

2247.50/2253.50

2236/2238

2247/2245

2212/2212

2245/2255

Nickel

18490/18570

18610/18675

18850/18975

18270/18350

18485/18550

Tin

22315/22350

22250/22325

22300/22275

22325/22425

22370/22350

Zinc

2308/2311

2304/2304

2319.50/2323

2332/2325

2379/2384

           

PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)

 

Gold AM

1308.25

1317.5

1302

1288.5

1292.75

Gold PM

1307.25

1309.75

1305.25

1306.5

1284.75

Silver

19.85

20.13

20.07

19.78

20.2

Platinum

1471

1475

1466

1457

1454

Palladium

864

857

852

845

843

Exchnage rates

         

CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)

   

Date

Aug-11

Aug-08

Aug-07

Aug-06

Aug-05

 

US$ in C$

1.0935

1.0982

1.0922

1.0926

1.097

 

C$ in US$

0.9145

0.9106

0.9156

0.9152

0.9116

 
             

EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, October 15, 2012)

   

Currency

Aus $

Euro

Japan

Mex P

SA Rand

UK £

In C$

1.0128

1.4636

0.00971

0.08289

0.1028

1.8355

In US$

0.9262

1.3385

0.00979

0.0758

0.09401

1.6786

Canadian gold mutual funds

           

Fund name

Aug. 12

Aug. 5

Change

Change

YTD

MER*

Assets*

 

($)

($)

($)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(M$)

AGF Pr Mtl

22.93

22.23

0.7

0.031

35.84

2.76

239.72

Altamira Pr & Str Mtl

12.01

11.47

0.54

0.047

40.47

2.44

n/a

BMO Junior Gold Index ETF

8.55

8.18

0.37

0.045

38.97

0.62

63.06

BMO Pr Mtl

16.79

16.17

0.62

0.038

29.15

2.41

70.92

CIBC Pr Mtl

12.59

12.32

0.27

0.022

37.18

2.48

63.74

Dynamic Pr Mtl

4.59

4.42

0.17

0.038

54.03

2.65

277.7

London Life Precious Mtl

25.15

24.39

0.76

0.031

44.84

3.55

131.08

Mackenzie Pr Mtl-A

45.57

44.16

1.41

0.032

45.78

2.61

326

RBC Global Pr Mtl

30.3

29.2

1.1

0.038

35.87

2.13

590.85

Sentry Pr Mtl Growth

37.72

37.06

0.66

0.018

45.84

2.77

524.78

Sprott Gold and PM-F

4.67

4.5

0.17

0.038

44.57

2.5

n/a

Sprott Gold and Pr Minls

34.62

33.35

1.27

0.038

43.23

2.93

239.46

TD Pr Mtl-A

8.07

7.8

0.27

0.035

35.47

2.45

n/a

TD Pr Mtl-I

38.26

36.96

1.3

0.035

35.58

2.27

n/a

iShares TSX Global Gold Index

12.94

12.39

0.55

0.044

33.26

0.55

703.3

TD Pr Mtl-A

11.48

11.8

-7.18

-60.8

-8

2.31

n/a

iShares Can Gold Sector Index

21.31

21.68

-5.17

-23.8

-3.5

0.55

1063.3

Featured fund: TD Pr Mtl-A top holdings as of 08/31/13 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Franco-Nevada, Silver Wheaton, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, iShares Gold Bullion ETF, Barrick Gold, Yamana Gold, Agnico Eagle Mines, Osisko Mining, Kinross Gold, B2Gold, Torex Gold Resources, Fortuna Silver Mines, New Gold. Fund manager: Anish Chopra.

North American stock exchange indices

           
           

52-week

 

Date

Aug-11

Aug-08

Aug-07

Aug-06

Aug-05

High

Low

TSX Composite

15261.64

15196.31

15118.43

15202.09

15187.71

15527.3

12542.21

S&P/TSX-Ven Comp

998.87

997.47

995.65

991.74

993.87

1050.26

883.52

S&P TSX 60

876.95

873.12

868.8

874.86

875.5

896.74

716.98

Global Gold

203.98

203.31

202.69

202.12

198.86

218.9

149.29

TSX Metals & Mining

903.44

903.7

895.45

907.61

911.07

954.68

703.86

Gold & Silver XAU

102.41

101.26

101.1

101.13

99.07

115.21

79.73

Amex Gold Bugs

244.26

242.48

241.81

241.73

236.31

283.23

188.39

TSX short positions

   

Short positions outstanding at July 31/14 (with changes from July 15/14)

       

Largest short positions

   

Lundin Mining

LUN

56462980

-28230

Kinross

K

37521199

17393070

New Gold

NGD

31044604

252549

PotashCorp

POT

25614663

14729289

B2gold

BTO

22483248

1335758

Detour Gold

DGC

22098041

-864351

Torex Gold

TXG

19918831

6553271

Tahoe Res.

THO

18383456

-69633

Teck

TCK.B

14791182

3628344

Yamana

YRI

13040190

770373

Argonaut Gold

AR

12321451

404209

Cameco

CCO

12231251

4969217

Thompson Creek

TCM

12009980

-86108

Barrick Gold

ABX

11972760

-1.1E+07

First Majestic

FR

10776663

108846

Largest increase in short position

   

Kinross

K

37521199

17393070

PotashCorp

POT

25614663

14729289

Torex Gold

TXG

19918831

6553271

Cameco

CCO

12231251

4969217

Teck

TCK.B

14791182

3628344

Largest decrease in short position

   

Barrick Gold

ABX

11972760

-1.1E+07

Hudbay Min.

HBM

4849610

-4266079

Eldorado Gold

ELD

5371311

-3345658

Dundee Precious Mtls

DPM

10065494

-2116717

Pretium Res.

PVG

1044792

-1712886

TSX Venture short positions

   

Short positions outstanding at July 31/14 (with changes from July 15/14).

       

Largest short positions

   

Aurcana

AUN

1333672

165571

Azincourt Uran.

AAZ

945900

911900

Fission Uran.

FCU

740257

46857

Pure Gold Min.

PGM

507500

507500

Robex Res.

RBX

477000

128000

Zenyatta

ZEN

455209

39492

Nemaska Lit.

NMX

397000

-7500

Arianne Phos.

DAN

390800

-26400

Glen Eagle Res.

GER

372500

372500

Superior Copper

SPC

303100

-91000

Makena Res.

MKN

300000

300000

Kaminak Gold

KAM

294431

-781769

West African Res.

WAF

279500

279500

Aftermath Sil.

AAG

269800

269800

Mason Graphite

LLG

261500

156500

Largest increase in short position

   

Azincourt Uran.

AAZ

945900

911900

Pure Gold Min.

PGM

507500

507500

Glen Eagle Res.

GER

372500

372500

Makena Res.

MKN

300000

300000

West African Res.

WAF

279500

279500

Largest decrease in short position

   

Commerce Res.

CCE

0

-1175000

Atac Res.

ATC

37048

-921152

Kaminak Gold

KAM

294431

-781769

Mindoro

MIO

0

-661100

Lamelee Iron Ore

LIR

0

-468500

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