Metals, mining and money markets

Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, December 11, 2012Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$1,709.753Silver$33.17-0.13Platinum$1,619.0025Palladium$698.0016   Base MetalsPrice (US$/tonne)ChangeNickel$17,786.0020Lead$2,292.50-2Copper$8,087.00-35Zinc$2,074.00-4 LME warehouse levelsMetal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 10, 2012 (change from December 3 in brackets):   Aluminium Alloy877400Aluminium5186825(-12700)Copper259050(+8000)Lead354925(+7350)Nickel138024(+1854)Tin11380(-835)Producer and Dealer PricesAntimony: Mid-mkt US$12,350.00/tBismuth:...