metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (November 09, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 85.00 cents -88.00 cents per lb. (Oct 22, 1987).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.16 per lb. (Oct 8, 1987).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.90-$5.00 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $3.10-$3.35 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 per lb. (Sept 13, 1985).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.60-$6.80 per lb. (Oct 15, 1987).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.22 per lb. (Nov 3, 1987). UNITED STATES — 93.00 cents per lb. (Nov 3, 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, 55.75 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987). UNITED STATES — 42.00 cents per lb. (July 6, 1987).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $2.87- $2.97 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987).

NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 for melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $2.70-$2.76 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $575-$585 per oz. (Oct 22, 1987).

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.185 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $39-$53 per mtu (Oct 8, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Sept 30, 1987, $US16.65 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for October, 1987: non-U.S. origin, $US16.60-$17.25 per lb.; U.S. origin, $US17.50- 18.90 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 56.50 cents per lb; special high grade, 57.00 cents per lb (Sept 9, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 43.00 cents ; S.H.G. 43.50 cents per lb. (Sept 9, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US820 per tonne (June 11, 1987).