RAW MATERIALS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 98, 20 January 1936, Page 12

RAW MATERIALS

Last Week’s Closing Rates By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received January 19. 6.30 p.m.) London, January 18. Friday’s closing prices for the following raw materials were as follow, those for January 10 being shown in parentheses: — . , Cotton: Liverpool quotation, good American middling, spot, 6.13 d. a lb. (6.07 d. : February delivery, 5.92 d. a lb. "itubber: Para, 7(1. a lb. (6}d.) ; plantation smoked ribbed sheet, 6 7-Bd. a lb. (6 11-16 d.). ~ . , Jute: January-February' shipment Indian jute, Dundee quotation. £2O/10/- a ton (£2O/7/6). Copra: January-February shipment, South Sea to London or Rotterdam, £x4 5/- a ton (£l3/157-); smoked,, to Marseilles or Genoa, £l3/5/- - a ton (£l3) plantation, Rabaul, to Ijondon or Rotterdam, £l5/7/6 a ton (£l5/2/6). ■ Linseed oil: £29/10/- a ton J£-9/l;)/-' Turpentine: 44/3 a cwt. (45/6). Base Metals Market , By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received January 19, 6.30 p.m.) London, January 17. The official London (middle) quotations for Friday, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare will) those previously cabled as follow. r ~ Jan- Il>. Jan. 17.

Prices of Other Metals. To-day’s quotations for other metals with those of January 10 In parentheses are as follow:— Pig-iron: Home trade, £3/1!)/- a 100 (same); export. £3/1/0 a ton (same). Antimony: British. £72/10/- a ton (same); foreign, £46/5/- a ton (£4l/5/-) Molybdenite: 34/6 a unit (same). Wolfram: 35/0 a unit (35/-). Osmiridium: £9 to £lO an ounce (same). Gold Mining Returns Invercargill, January 17. The King Solomon wash-up for the week was SOoz. lOdwt. Grey-nioutii. January 18. The Maori Gully return is 18oz. 12dwtTfor 130 hours.

Per ton Per ton. CopperStandard. wpol . Q s. d. . 34 9 41 e 34 8. 13 d. U Ditto, forward . .. 31 1(1 101 35 38 0 Electrolytic .. 38 5 0 10 0 to 30 0 0 39 0 0 Wire bars .... .. 39 0 0 39 0 o Lead— 13 Spot .. 14 8 9 14 y Forward .. 14 11 3 14 17 0 Spelter— Spot .. 14 3 9 14 3 9 .. 14 8 9 14 8 Tin— .. 212 17 G 211 12 6 Forward Silver — . 204 2 R 203 8 9 Standard, per oz. . 19 7-8(1. 19(1. Fine .. 217-lGd. 20 1 (1.