Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by July 21 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 22, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of July 21, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit -------------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Main metals ------------------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.81 3.78 3.80 +0.48 aluminum USD/lb 1.37 1.36 1.37 +0.33 zinc USD/lb 0.84 0.83 0.83 -1.08 nickel USD/lb 9.35 9.22 9.26 +0.37 lead USD/lb 0.94 0.93 0.93 +0.24 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- chrome USD/lb n/а n/а 6.08 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Ferrochrome* USD/lb n/a n/a 5.42 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Ferrochrome** USD/lb n/a n/a 2.36 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Charge-chrome(52%Cr) USD/lb n/a n/a 2.05 n/a -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Precious metals ------------------------------------------------------------- silver USD/oz 18.60 18.48 18.50 +0.49 gold USD/oz 969.50 967.20 968.30 +0.26 platinum USD/oz 1,851.50 1,825.50 1,851.00 +0.71 ------------------------------------------------------------- *- 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. [2008-07-22]