Show THE METAL MARKET movement and prices frices tor for the carrent week in the staple metals copper A very large business ha boa teen been dono done during this week in fill all grades of 0 copper except casting brands which remain rather dull and neglected neglected but for or tho the liner finer grades such buch a as lake and electrolytic tro a very large business has resulted ILL ai gradually hardening prices large orders have been placed for or lake copper for slay june and july shipment at 9 and for or electrolytic copper bars bar at delivered at which aich prices hardly any sellers remain over A good demand existed for or export but prices were wera not up to the idea or of sellers and hardly any buto ineas ness resulted in this direction the exports of copper however are large laree and are likely to continue so BO tills this betoff copper contracted con traded for or about the middle of april the accumulation 0 of lake copper produced during the close of navigation may now be said to be all marketed this greatly relieves reli evos the market and it looks as though prices would hardon harden further the london lon go rices market showed a artner tendency and early in the week sr rn bs be advanced to 39 but this price prace could not be maintained sail and after some fluctuations tuat ions we close at 39 Is tor for spot and W S LIS IES for or three months prompt refined and manufactured we quote anglish tough las iva badt selected iw 68 strong sheets sheet LIS 48 india sheets sheet 17 yellow metal 41 ltd A large business has ha been doing in best selected copper and the finer grades for which somewhat better belter prices were obtainable lead has been rather nat flat in bonso conso quence of large realizing sales ma made de in chicago which had bad a depressing influence el ce some sales eaten were adie made age early in the v week k at 1110 but at the close cloae there are sellers fiell cra at with hardly any business doing in strong contrast con trant with this I 1 in the firm market abroad where spanish lead lea lad Is quoted at ali Is id and english lead 23 gd fid higher st louis lead market the john wahl C om mission company telegraph alt an follows I 1 0 w lead Is easier and prices are ruling in ir k buyers b ga favor the latest vales are on a basis of for soft missouri chorna cal and corroding are quoted at if the offerings continue as ail large As they have been for se several veral days past pait wo we should not be surprised to see lower prices I 1 spanish lead market our special correspondents ile sers barrington holt write as follo follows under date of c marar during the laft art four our weeks the london price of lead has risen aa gd for sott soft lead U ad per ton silver has however fallen alien ad d per ounce and exchange on oil london 48 cent per pound sterling the average local price for pig pie lead on oil wharf at carthagena Cartha ecna has been retina per quintet quintal of lead which taking exchange at 27 07 23 3 Is 13 equivalent to IS 8 81 jd iid per ton of 22 S ail pounds f 0 b carthagena Cartha eena inclusive of exert export duty ditty mic ber to be majd for or nt at 13 ree ca per ounce exports of pig lead from this port are noted as follows allows to date france kilos united kingdom kilos belgium total kilos the madrid ald gaceta published the following under date dale of march ath article 1 from april next and until the termination of the fiscal year the export duty duly on lead and lead ores ore ill be bus suspended article 2 the tax lax on blasting powder and mining explosives impose by article 49 or of the law of august 5 will be reduced during the same period to the following rates for each kilogram of ordinary mining powder peseta formerly 0 15 paclo pc pe clo geta for each kilogram of ex mixture of all classes 0 so formerly I 1 peseta per Idl kilogram a the ho removal of the export duty on lead will make a difference of about 2 reales pr quintal in favor avor of the miners and it for is expected that various mines which had stomped slopped work owing to the low prices will wil now be able to lo recommence ope operations we quote lead ores as follows ollow f 0 b carthagena Carth agona potters potter ore hs ad per hun buti died pounds llwana ore are its flu ad per hundred pounds for or sulphide and 43 ad for carbonate Onate ores engineering and mining s journal april 6 IW |