Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by June 30 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 1, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of June 30, 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit -------------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ Main metals -------------------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.97 3.95 3.95 -0.29 aluminum USD/lb 1.40 1.39 1.39 0 zinc USD/lb 0.86 0.84 0.85 0 nickel USD/lb 9.87 9.77 9.82 +0.54 lead USD/lb 0.80 0.79 0.79 -0.57 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ chrome USD/lb n/а n/а 5.7 +1.57 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ Ferrochrome* USD/lb n/a n/a 5.53 -0.72 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ Ferrochrome** USD/lb n/a n/a 5.11 -0.39 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ Charge-chrome(52%Cr) USD/lb n/a n/a 2.01 +66.12 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------ Precious metals -------------------------------------------------------------- silver USD/oz 17.91 17.19 17.40 0 gold USD/oz 936.40 917.80 924.10 -0.09 platinum USD/oz 2,068.00 2,056.50 2,067.00 +0.12 -------------------------------------------------------------- *- low-carbon strong ferrochrome **- high-carbon strong ferrochrome The data in table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX), except prices on chrome (Hong Kong Exchange) and ferrochrome (Pittsburg storage). The data of different Internet- resources have been used to create information in table. USD/lb means price in USD per pound of main metal, USD/oz means price in USD per troy ounce. [2008-07-01]