China issues second list of 2012 export quotas

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China issued the second list of 2012 exportnquotas for molybdenum, tin, tungsten, antimony,nindium and silver late Friday, the ministry of commercensaid. The second list covers 40% of thentotal export quota for the year. The first batch,nwhich covered 60% of the quota, was announcednin the last week of December 2011. In the secondnlist, the export quota for moly and moly productsnMetals Daily LME Close July 23, 2012n2 Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill CompaniesnMetals Daily is published every business day. No reproduction permitted without express written authorization. Prices indexes and assessments are based onnmaterial collected from actual market participants. Platts makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the informationnand assumes no liability in connection with any party’s use of it. For subscriptions, customer support: support@platts.com, or phone: 800-PLATTS-8,n+1-212-904-3070 (direct).nISSN: 1556-4134 Metals Daily LME Close EditionnThe McGraw-Hill CompaniesnCopyright © 2012 by Platts, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.nForeign exchangenEuro/US$ 1.2070/80 Euro/Stg 0.7780/90 LME Spot Stg 1.5525nUS$/Yen 78.20/30 Stg/Yen 121.70/80 LME Spot Stg 3-Mo 1.5996nStg/US$ 1.5530/40 US$/Ringitt 3.1790/00 LME Yen 78.23nForward Metal Date (10/23/12) LME Euro 1.2109nLME official prices: July 23, 2012 ($/mt)nAluminiumnCash 1835.000-1835.500n3-Months 1860.500-1861.000n1 Year 1972.000-1977.000n2 Year 2068.000-2073.000n3 Year 2160.000-2165.000nSettlement 1835.500nAl AlloynCash 1720.000-1721.000n3-Months 1740.000-1750.000n1 Year 1790.000-1800.000nSettlement 1721.000nNA AlloynCash 1825.000-1830.000n3-Months 1855.000-1865.000n1 Year 1980.000-1990.000nSettlement 1830.000nCobaltnCash 27300.000-28200.000n3-Months 27300.000-28200.000n15-Months 26350.000-27350.000nSettlement 28200.000nCoppernCash 7386.000-7387.000n3-Months 7389.000-7389.500n1 Year 7380.000-7390.000n2 Year 7360.000-7370.000n3 Year 7350.000-7360.000nSettlement 7387.000nLeadnCash 1850.000-1850.500n3-Months 1858.500-1859.000n1 Year 1910.000-1915.000n2 Year 1953.000-1958.000n3 Year 1983.000-1988.000nSettlement 1850.500nMolybdenumnCash 26000.000-28000.000n3-Months 26000.000-28000.000n15-Months 27700.000-28700.000nSettlement 28000.000nNickelnCash 15630.000-15650.000n3-Months 15625.000-15650.000n1 Year 15820.000-15920.000n2 Year 16000.000-16100.000n3 Year 16025.000-16125.000nSettlement 15650.000nTinnCash 18450.000-18455.000n3-Months 18490.000-18495.000n15-Months 18550.000-18600.000nSettlement 18455.000nZincnCash 1798.000-1799.000n3-Months 1806.000-1807.000n1 Year 1855.000-1860.000n2 Year 1880.000-1885.000n3 Year 1880.000-1885.000nSettlement 1799.000nis 16,345 mt, tin and products 7,200 mt,ntungsten and products 7,587 mt, antimonynand products 26,905 mt, indium and productsn92,000 mt and silver 2,156 mt. In thenfirst list, the moly and moly products exportnquota was 24,517 mt, tin and productsn10,800 mt, tungsten and products 11,380nmt, antimony and products 40,672 mt, indiumnand products 139 mt and silver 3,232nmt. Combining both lists, China’s 2012nexport quota for moly and moly productsnis 40,862 mt, down about 2% from 2011;n18,000 mt for tin, up 5.3%; 18,967 mt forntungsten, up 11%; 67,787 mt for antimony,ndown 0.7%; 232 mt for indium, down 0.4%;nand 5,387 mt for silver, down 5%