PRICES OF METALS.

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 151, 24 December 1934, Page 10

PRICES OF METALS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ' j LONDON, December 21. Pig iron: Home trade, £3 7s 6d a ton (same); export, £3 2s 6d a ton (same). Antimony: British, £74 10s a ton (£67 10s); foreign, £57 a ton (£SB 15s). Molybdenite: 34s 6d a unit (same). Wolfram, 38s 6d a unit (40s). Osimridium.: Nominally £9 to ill an ounce (same). , . ■ '•.. Vl ! "■■■ c; LONDON, December 21. The official London (middle) quotations for iFriday, 'as,reported ■by the > Austrajian .Alines and jMetals Association, compare 'as under',with those previously

Ket profits of -£33,045 are shown in the accounts of the Australian Pastoral Company, Ltd-, for. the year ended June 30. Last year: the company earned £32,902. The company reports that differences in exchange accfued'over the last four years now amount to £7966. ". A dividend of 3 per cent: tax free is paid,' compared with 2% per' cent..'iff the previous year, and £10,000 is added • to' reserves. The company carries'forward, ;£ 14,018 .against ilSjOOTibroygbJ,, into<;the- account.- _

tdDleU'~ , , Dec 20 Dec. 21. 1 ' Per ton Per ton. Copper- ' ' £ s. d £ «. d. Standard 27 18 Vk 28 6 10% Standard, forward 28 6 lO'/s 29 lo IVz *EIectiol>tic 31 0 0 31 10 0 to 31 15 0 32 0 0 Wire bars . 31 13 0 32 0 0 LeadSpot . 10 5 0 10 8 o Forward . 10 8 0 10 8 9 SpelterSpot .. . H 12 B 11 13 0 Forward . . 11 18 9 12 1 3 TinSpot 227 17 fl 227 13 0 lotward . 228 6 3 228 6 3 SilverStandard, per oz . 24 3 16d 23 13 16d fine . 261-8d 2311-lGd 'American, 9 cents alb.