A Few Literary Picks For The Holidays
In our second instalment of Reader’s Corner, 11 chief executives have kindly agreed to share with us their two favourite books of the last decade (and in some cases of all time) and titles they have r…
News
Survey Says Quarter Of Canadians Are Strong Supporters Of Mining
An Angus Reid survey has found that 25% of Canadians are strong supporters of mining while 14% say they are anti-mining.
Freewest Not Yet In The Bag For Cliffs
I have been following your coverage of the takeover struggle between Cliffs Natural Resources and Noront Resources for Freewest Resources Canada. As we all know, Noront seems to have been eliminated a…
People (December 28, 2009)
Anatolia Minerals Development — Howard Stevenson appointed VP and COO.
Toronto Stock Exchange -Dec. 15-17
The S&P/TSX composite index slid 72.63 points over the Dec. 15-17 trading period (shortened on account of The Northern Miner’s holiday production schedule).
TSX Venture Exchange -Dec. 15-17
Investors in companies listed on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index continued their trading frenzy over the Dec. 15-17 reporting period, keeping daily volumes above 125 million trades. The board …
U.S. Markets -Dec. 15-17
Investors continued to unwind some of their positions during the abbreviated Dec. 14-17 reporting period, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 192.79 points or 1.84% to finish at 10,308.26, w…
Spot Prices (December 28, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME Warehouse Levels (December 28, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 15, 2009 (change from Dec. 7 in brackets):
Producer And Dealer Prices (December 28, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,050/t.
Daily Metal Prices (December 28, 2009)
Date Dec. 21 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy n/a n/a 1937/1980 1936/1990 1925/1965 Aluminum…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 28, 2009)
*as of Sept. 30/09