Metals, mining and money markets

Spot prices
Courtesy of Scotiabank
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1,692.50 11.5
Silver $31.94 0.75
Platinum $1,686.00 -11
Palladium $717.00 2
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $17,450.00 59
Lead $2,320.50 21.25
Copper $8,102.75 48
Zinc $2,042.75 11
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 21, 2013 (change from January 14, 2013 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 87600 (-140)
Aluminium 5177475 (-6150)
Copper 345525 (+15800)
Lead 294500 (-7025)
Nickel 148020 (+960)
Tin 12930 (+230)
Zinc 1222850 (+6925)

Producer and dealer prices

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$11,800.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.50/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.91/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures
February 2013: US$56.22; March 2013: US$56.97
Cobalt: Recent trades US$11.50-12.80/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures February 2013: US$3.69/lb.; Comex March 2013: $3.70/lb.
Indium: NY Dealer Mid-mkt US$497.50/kg.
Iridium: J. Matthey Base Mid-mkt US$1,000.00/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,000.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2,345.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$11.81-11.94/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,092.50/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$75.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$45.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$32.20; Fabricated: US$38.63.; Sterling: N.A.
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$125/lb. CIF China
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$25.12/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$310.00
per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$42.50/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: N.A.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$6.00-6.50/lb.; US Ferrovanadium: US$14.70-15.00
Prices current Jan. 23, 2013

Daily metal prices
Date 21-Jan 18-Jan 17-Jan 16-Jan 15-Jan
BASE METALS  (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1790/1820 1839/1870 1791/1849 1790/1822 1790/1820
Aluminum 2000.50/2040 2021/2057 2003/2039.50 1990.50/2032 2002/2040.50
Copper 8020/8051 8050/8084 7925/7959.50 7910/7939 7944/7970
Lead 2295.50/2302 2317/2320.50 2269/2266 2254/2258 2257/2266
Nickel 17360/17425 17610/17695 17380/17460 17280/17375 17180/17220
Tin 25020/24975 25080/25050 25150/25100 24890/24755 24780/24800
Zinc 2018/2035 2028/2045 1973/1995 1941.50/1970 1954/1984
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PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1688 1690 1683.25 1679.75 1681
Gold PM 1687.5 1688.5 1675 1676.25 1680.5
Silver 31.9 31.82 31.5 31.23 31.19
Platinum 1671 1677 1683 1678 1690
Palladium 715 722 725 714 709
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date 21-Jan 18-Jan 17-Jan 16-Jan 15-Jan
US$ in C$ 0.9933 0.9937 0.9853 0.985 0.9839
C$ in US$ 1.0067 1.0063 1.0149 1.0152 1.0164
Currency Aus $ Euro Japan Mex P SA Rand UK £
In C$ 1.0444 1.3225 0.0107 0.07821 0.1121 1.5717
In US$ 1.0514 1.3314 0.01113 0.07874 0.1129 1.5823
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name  Jan. 21  Jan .14 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 29.89 29.53 -5.67 -19.2 0.71 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 14.66 14.47 -5.71 -39.5 -0.54 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 13.7 13.81 -2.78 4.3 -2.89 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 22.54 22.3 -2.75 -12.3 -0.28 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 16.69 16.75 -4.62 -27.6 -16.8 2.4 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 12.01 12.59 -6.43 -51.1 -5.8 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 33.79 33.48 -8.38 -25 -0.24 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl C$ 16.09 15.93 -7.63 -47.9 -0.18 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 11.77 11.77 -12.38 -105.2 -1.14 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 18.53 18.36 -7.72 -42 -0.19 2.7 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 39.88 39.36 -3.19 -8.1 0.14 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 52.69 52.31 2.76 5.3 -1.06 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 49.54 49.43 -11.45 -23.2 -0.34 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls F 52.48 52.31 -10.69 -20.4 -0.4 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 48.83 47.97 -7.05 -14.7 1.31 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtl-A 10.32 10.13 -7.18 -70.9 1.3 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 18.53 18.38 -5.17 -28.1 1.62 0.55 1063.3
Featured fund: Altamira Precious Metals as of 12/31/12 (in weighted order): Yamana Gold, Goldcorp, AuRico Gold, Barrick Gold, Silver Wheaton, Eldorado Gold, Argonaut Gold, Franco-Nevada Corp., Dundee Precious Metals, Alacer Gold. Fund manager: Jean-Philippe Choquette. 
North American stock exchange indices
            52-week
Date 21-Jan 18-Jan 17-Jan 16-Jan 15-Jan High Low
TSX Composite 12794.25 12725.69 12674.73 12608.82 12641.97 12798.92 11209.55
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1236.6 1235.32 1233.15 1230.2 1231.79 1696.14 1153.9
S&P TSX 60 735.09 730.27 726.61 723.23 725.42 735.29 637.7
Global Gold 296.93 295.56 294.18 295.33 296.59 395.64 265.99
TSX Metals & Mining 1039.47 1035.21 1030.51 1023.21 1040.02 1258.22 781.13
Gold & Silver XAU N/A 161.34 161.52 162.43 163.53 204.97 140.94
Amex Gold Bugs N/A 429.85 429.09 431.03 434.42 554.92 372.74
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/13 (with changes from Dec. 31/12).
       
Largest short positions
Lundin Mining  LUN 60846177 771878
New Gold  NGD 54961510 871458
Osisko Mining  OSK 28121647 1077752
Aurico Gold  AUQ 27627225 3984
Uranium One  UUU 27036807 15526993
Dundee Prec. DPM 23684918 -52898
B2gold   BTO 19356899 1405854
Thompson Creek  TCM 17990584 -599740
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 17596815 -2174454
Tahoe Res  THO 16781394 98760
Barrick Gold  ABX 14809717 -1891775
Iamgold  IMG 13966650 689476
Yamana Gold  YRI 12019433 1825045
Teck Resources  TCK.B 10957674 1708158
Detour Gold  DGC 10731505 -163062
Largest increase in short position
Uranium One  UUU 27036807 15526993
Aurizon Mines  ARZ 7163002 3664361
Nautilus Min.  NUS 2703700 2517000
Paladin Energy  PDN 3198309 2294400
Yamana Gold  YRI 12019433 1825045
Largest decrease in short position
Eldorado Gold  ELD 2743698 -1E+07
Argonaut Gold  AR 6802461 -4518601
Silver Wheaton  SLW 3615946 -3622539
First Quantum  FM 8231622 -2902759
Turquoise Hill  TRQ 17596815 -2174454
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/12 (with changes from Nov. 15/12).
       
Largest short positions
Barkerville Gold  BGM 2662417 0
Probe Mines            PRB 1337247 384800
Kaminak Gold         KAM 997671 -76300
Great Western Mls  GWG 963155 -931675
Orko Silver           OK 931868 -2100
Galway Metals          GWM 836400 836400
Rockridge Capital  RRC 834800 833500
Brixton Metals   BBB 830000 827000
Aurcana          AUN 807005 248500
Encanto Potash   EPO 806022 782570
Sandstorm Metals  SND 628047 454606
Creso Exploration  CXT 627000 497000
Metals Creek        MEK 531000 520000
Bear Creek Mining BCM 466906 -14048
Northern Graphite  NGC 420728 -12558
Largest increase in short position
Galway Metals          GWM 836400 836400
Rockridge Capital  RRC 834800 833500
Brixton Metals   BBB 830000 827000
Encanto Potash   EPO 806022 782570
Metals Creek       MEK 531000 520000
Largest decrease in short position
Cerro Resources  CJO 0 -2740187
Abzu Gold           ABS 500 -1153346
Comstock Metals  CSL 26425 -1003650
Great Western         GWG 963155 -931675
Colt Resources   GTP 2500 -645500
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