PRODUCER PRICES (March 23, 1987)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 62.50 cents -64.00 cents per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.08-$1.14 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). CADMIUM: New York dealer 956 cents -$1.05 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). Hudson Bay M&S, Canada, $1.25 a lb. (Sept 13, 1985). COBALT: U.S. spot cathode $6.15-$6.30 per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). COPPER: CANADA — Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, cathode, 86 cents per lb. (Jan 23, 1987). UNITED STATES — 64 cents per lb. (Jan 23, 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, 34.5 cents per lb. (Feb 3, 1987). UNITED STATES — 26 cents per lb. (Feb 3, 1987). MAGNESIUM: U.S., f.o.b. Freeport, ingot 99.8%, $US1.53 per lb. (Jan 2, 1986). MOLYBDENUM: MW dealer oxide $3.10- $3.14 per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). NICKEL: Major producer $US3.29 per lb. for plating grade and $US3.20 f or melting grade (Nov 27, 1981). New York dealer cathode $1.78-$1.80 per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). PLATINUM: Impala Platinum $US600 per oz. (Aug 28, 1986). New York deal er $525-$535 per oz. (Mar 5, 1987). TIN: MW New York dealer $3.13 per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). TUNGSTEN: Free market ore (LMB) $42-$48 (Mar 5, 1987). URANIUM: NUEXCO Exchange Value as of Dec 31, 1986, $US16.75 per lb. U3O8. NUKEM spot market for February, 1987 $16.50-$17.75 a lb. U3O8. ZINC: CANADA — HBM&S, high grade 49.5 cents ; special high grade, 50 cents (Mar 9, 1987). UNITED STATES — HBM&S, H.G. 37 cents ; S.H.G. 37.5 cents per lb. (Mar 9, 1987). OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA — Kidd Creek, $US790 per tonne (Feb 3, 1987).