Prices of main and precious metals on New York Commodity Exchange by July 27 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 28, 2008/ - Prices of main and precious metals on New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) on SPOT terms according to results of trades of July 27, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------- Price: Name of Unit -------------------------- Trend metal measure max. min. last -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- Main metals ------------------------------------------------------------- copper USD/lb 3.75 3.72 3.74 +0.55 aluminum USD/lb 1.34 1.33 1.33 +0.17 zinc USD/lb 0.84 0.83 0.83 +0.83 nickel USD/lb 8.40 8.25 8.32 +0.82 lead USD/lb 0.98 0.97 0.97 0 -------------------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ----- 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 17.47 17.36 17.39 +0.29 gold USD/oz 931.80 927.90 929.40 +0.11 platinum USD/oz 1,756.00 1,746.50 1,752.50 +0.49 ------------------------------------------------------------- *- 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. [2008-07-28]