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Show "Weekly Metal Eeview. NEW yOPK, Pec. 6. Shortage of coal lain not ypt vlsihly affected tlie production of wtcl, but tlie possibility of cinlailmcnt draws nearer and the mills accept new business wit, eonsid-eninle eonsid-eninle reserve. Demand for seml-finitdied and finished products Is prcssintr aud has developed devel-oped n shortage of billet, sheets, nails and wire products cenerally, for which premiums pre-miums are freely offered for prompt delivery, structural steel and plates are mure readily obtainable. Iron has been clfnibinir rapidly, but consumers consum-ers nre moro concerned about delivery than price. Inquiries are numerous, but business actually placed is licht. Bessemer Valley iron is , -noted ns hifh as S34; No. 2 fonndrv. No. S. Philadelphia, at J.'tP. 10. aud No. 2 Hinnlng-ham Hinnlng-ham nt ?ar. Coke is no loncer freely offered. Tlie copti'T market is firmer nt IS T j cents for spot and 1SV, cents to lS'si cents for first quarter, quar-ter, to consumers only. ,8ome export business has been done and domestic demand Is more active. There Is mora inquiry for lead, and the market mar-ket Is firmer. Mxport demand for fine fell off with the sharp drop In stcrlinp exchnnce durlntf the week, but tlie market Is still stronc. Tin is following the London market closely and, notwithstanding the weakness of exchange, the price in New York has held up. Spot straits Is quoted strong at ntl!,, to M cents, and suipnieiits at the httter fipure. Antimony is stroni- and active, with no sellers below U'-j cents for roond lots. |