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PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: (Details) | Sep. 30, 2013 lb
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Copper | October 2013 through November 2013 |
Provisionally priced sales |
Nonmonetary notional amount of commodity (in million lbs.) | 9,900,000
Provisional price | 3.31
Molybdenum | October 2013 through January 2014 |
Provisionally priced sales |
Nonmonetary notional amount of commodity (in million lbs.) | 8,000,000
Provisional price | 9.15

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