Metal and Material Prices

Table 13 Metal and Material Prices
	1970	1980	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Aluminum^a (US cents per pound)	28.72	71.64	74.37	59.07	56.89	51.71	66.93	81.88	68.35
Copper^b (US cents per pound)	64.17	98.68	121.02	106.21	103.64	86.86	104.58	133.00	104.03
Leadb (US cents per pound)	13.78	41.10	237.05	25.30	24.65	18.48	24.89	28.55	35.11
Nickel^c (US cents per pound)	129.00	295.81	402.07	369.93	318.22	240.78	287.21	373.02	340.38
Tina (US cents per pound)	166.70	761.30	276.03	253.83	276.88	234.40	247.66	281.11	279.36
Zincb (US cents per pound)	13.36	34.47	66.46	50.67	56.33	43.73	45.28	46.77	46.49
Silver^d (US $ per troy ounce)	1.77	20.70	4.84	4.06	3.94	4.30	5.28	5.19	5.18
Goldb (US $ per fine ounce)	35.98	612.10	384.93	363.29	343.42	359.73	384.22	384.16	387.82
Platinum^e (US $ per troy ounce)	132.50	439.50	472.75	389.50	343.25	389.00	391.00	424.13	397.81
Manganese ore^f (US $ per long ton)	55.33	155.25	341.67	391.58	373.75	298.09	212.93	202.79	203.21
Coal^g (US $ per metric ton)	10.96	45.31	42.72	43.66	41.42	39.40	37.35	40.08	43.13
Gasoline^h (US cents per gallon)	NA	91.93	71.13	63.50	57.46	50.86	47.90	50.92	59.65
Iron Oreⁱ (US $ per metric ton)	15.22	28.09	30.80	33.25	31.60	28.11	25.47	27.00	28.60
Newsprint^j (US $ per short ton)	150.50	388.64	495.63	501.02	455.17	464.39	482.88	670.90	658.59
Plywood^k (US cents per sheet)	103.06	273.84	354.87	372.38	380.77	661.42	599.50	584.44	529.52
Superphosphate^l (US $ per metric ton)	42.50	180.33	131.82	133.12	120.74	111.95	132.11	149.63	175.83
Timber^m (US $ per cubic meter)	NA	NA	123.56	125.67	152.47	217.94	201.23	190.34	187.15

^a All origins (London).
^b United Kingdom (London).
^c LME cash price.
^d US price (New York).
^e Major producers, New York.
^f India (US Ports).
^g Australia.
^h US Gulf Coast.
ⁱ Brazil (North Sea Ports)
^j US (New York).
^k Philippines (Tokyo).
^l US (Gulf Ports).
^m Softwood logs, US.