Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by July 13 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 14, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of July 13, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit -------------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Main metals ------------------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.86 3.83 3.84 +0.24 aluminum USD/lb 1.48 1.47 1.48 +0.03 zinc USD/lb 0.89 0.87 0.91 +0.26 nickel USD/lb 9.86 9.65 9.77 +1.17 lead USD/lb 0.89 0.87 0.88 +0.26 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- chrome USD/lb n/а n/а 5.99 0 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Ferrochrome* USD/lb n/a n/a 5.57 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Ferrochrome** USD/lb n/a n/a 2.43 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Charge-chrome(52%Cr) USD/lb n/a n/a 2.13 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Precious metals ------------------------------------------------------------- silver USD/oz 18.92 18.74 18.80 -0.21 gold USD/oz 968.00 961.00 964.40 -0.02 platinum USD/oz 2,039.00 2,031.00 2,037.00 +0.69 ------------------------------------------------------------- *- low-carbon strong ferrochrome **- high-carbon strong ferrochrome The data in the table are based on information of COMEX (Commodity Exchange of New York, a concern of NYMEX), except for prices on chrome (Hong Kong Exchange) and ferrochrome (Pittsburg storage). The data of different Internet- resources have been used to compile the table. USD/lb means price in USD per pound of main metal, USD/oz means price in USD per troy ounce. [2008-07-14]