metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (March 07, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 101.00 cents – 105.00 cents per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.09-$1.15 per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

BISMUTH: New York dealer $5.60-$5.75 per lb. (Feb 18, 1988).

CADMIUM: New York dealer $6.80-$7.10 per lb. (Feb 18, 1988).

COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.75-$7.05 per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, $1.24 per lb. (March 1, 1988). UNITED STATES — 98 cents per lb. (March 1, 1988).

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

LEAD: CANADA — Noranda Sales, 43.00 cents per lb. (Feb 9, 1988). UNITED STATES — 34.00 cents per lb. (Feb 9, 1988).

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

MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.23- $3.28 per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

NICKEL: New York dealer cathode $4.00-$4.54 per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). MW New York dealer $450-$460 per oz. (Feb 25, 1988).

RHODIUM: Impala Rhodium $US1,275 per oz. (June 23, 1987). MW New York dealer $1,235-$1,245 per oz. (Feb 25, 1988)

TIN: MW New York dealer $3.17 per lb. (Feb 25, 1988).

TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $49-$58 per mtu (Dec 17, 1987).

URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Jan 31, 1988, $US16.30 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for February, 1988: $US16.30-$17.00 per lb. U3O8.

ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 59.00 cents per lb; special high grade, 59.50 cents per lb.(Nov 16, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 47.00 cents ; S.H.G. 47.50 cents per lb. (Feb 25, 1988). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Falconbridge, $US890 per tonne (Jan 19, 1988).