Producer and Dealer Prices (December 08, 1997)

Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,564.50, alloy US$1,442 per tonne (Dec.

2/97).

Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,625 per tonne (Dec. 2/97).

Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.35 per lb. (Nov. 25/97).

Cadmium: Composite free market US$0.38 per lb. (Nov. 25/97).

Chromium: Turkish ore, 48% chromium oxide US$150 per tonne (Dec. 2/97).

Cobalt: Representative mid-market US$25.25 per lb. (Nov. 25/97).

Copper: Comex Dec. delivery US$0.816 per lb. (Dec. 2/97).

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$325 per kg (Dec. 2/97).

Iridium: Representative mid-market US$260 per oz. (Dec. 2/97).

Magnesium: Producer ingot US$1.80 per lb. (Dec. 2/97).

Manganese: Representative mid-market US$1,090 per tonne (Nov. 25/97).

Molybdenum: Representative mid-market US$3.80 per lb. molybdenum in oxide (Nov. 25/97).

Niobium: Composite spot ore US$3.00 per lb. niobium pentoxide (Dec. 2/97).

Osmium: Representative mid-market US$420 per oz. (Dec. 2/97).

Rhodium: Representative mid-market US$315 per oz. (Dec. 2/97).

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$5.300, Toronto $7.776 per oz. (Dec.

2/97).

Tantalum: Spot ore mid-market US$31.50 per lb. tantalum pentoxide (Dec.

2/97).

Tin: Kuala Lumpur tin market US$5.71 per kg (Dec. 2/97).

Titanium: Sponge, composite free market US$4.25-4.50 per lb. (Dec. 2/97).

Tungsten: Composite spot ore US$4,600 per tonne (Dec. 2/97).

Uranium: Uranium Exchange Co. restricted spot price — US$12.75 per lb.

U3O8; former Soviet republics — US$9.50 per lb. U3O8 (Dec. 1/97).

Vanadium: Recent physical trades US$4.25-4.35 per lb. vanadium oxide (Nov.

25/97).

Zinc: Composite free market, special high grade US$0.5481 per lb. (Dec.

2/97).