text: Spains Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes S.A. Said it will host a conference of mercury producers here at the end of April to study how to stimulate low mercury prices. Last week Almaden and Algerian producer ENOF agreed to establish a minimum price of 300 dlrs per flask (34.5 kilos) for spot mercury sales up from the previous minimum of 240 dlrs. A Minas de Almaden statement said the non-communist worlds main mercury producers had decided not to sign any contracts using the reference price of specialist publications because it was well below their costs of production. REUTER
target: MINAS DE ALMADEN TO HOLD MADRID MERCURY CONFERENCE