Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by July 17 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 18, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of July 17, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit -------------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Main metals ------------------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.80 3.77 3.78 -0.18 aluminum USD/lb 1.43 1.38 1.38 0 zinc USD/lb 0.84 0.82 0.82 0 nickel USD/lb 9.37 9.26 9.28 +0.24 lead USD/lb 0.90 0.88 0.88 -1.02 chrome USD/lb n/а n/а 6.08 +1.49 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 18.64 18.53 18.54 0 gold USD/oz 960.30 957.00 959.10 +0.22 platinum USD/oz 1,882.50 1,847.50 1,853.50 -1.57 ------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. [2008-07-18]