Show COPPER MARKET Offerings at Concession Increase Lead and 1 Zinc Q Quiet i t NEW TOnIC Sept 13 AP P AP- Publication o of tho the AU August statistics I at the of oC the week absorbed the tho attention of ot the copp copper 1 market Tho The Increase of about tons I in n refuted refined stocks to a a. total of ot tons was was' said to have been beer I lar larger er than expected although h the thel figures w were v re reported as not tull fully reflecting the situation as they included in in included eluded a larger than usual amount of ot metal already purchased b by large con consumers umers but undelivered owing to quiet business conditions The Immediate i effect of ot the figures was to increase the volume of or offerings 6 by customs smelters at concessions of or 1 l under producers' producers quotations of 11 cents for electrolytic although I domestic consumers continued to t hold off oU purchases Reactions of ot foreign buyers who ha have haC C purchased fair fall quantities recently Is being a. a awaited waited In the motor group of oC the nonferrous nonferrous nonferrous non non- ferrous metals trading was quiet There was a fair demand for or tin but prices at the close of or the week were yere barely steady Lead was quiet and featureless zinc was dull while antimony was quiet and I slightly lower Despite numerous optimistic views views' and predictions relative to tc the situation atlon and outlook in the thc steel market actual developments during the tho past week were were generally gener sener- ally considered as disappointing There Thero were bright spots hero here and nd I there but taking the market as' as a L whole the demand failed tailed to broaden broader 1 materially and cven even seasonal ex expansion Ea lon was was s scarcely rc 1 discernible Buying by automobile manufacturers em ers and the tho railroads was vas still stUl re restricted restricted re- re and while prices were ere mostly steady considerable Irregularity l larity arity existed Pig iron was 1 Inactive Inac mac tive U and about about- steady i 8 o. o |