Articles by Northern Miner Staff

U.S. markets were closed Feb. 15 for the Presidents Day holiday after a week of mixed economic news. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stoked anxiety with details of how the central bank will star…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 16, 2010 (change from Feb. 9 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Feb. 15 Feb. 12 Feb. 11 Feb. 10 Feb. 9 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1880/1910 1860/1900 1870/1900 1865/1895 1865/18…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Feb. 15 Feb. 12 Feb. 11 Feb. 10 Feb. 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1498.75 1498.75 1492.67 1476.78 1474.53 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11469.81 11469.81 11435.49 11286.33 11274.24…

Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/10 (with changes from Jan. 15/10).

Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/10 (with changes from Jan. 15/10).

Note:Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qr…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Feb. 16, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 15 Feb. 12 Feb. 11 Feb. 10 Feb. 9 US$ in C$ 1.0480 1.0531 1.0523 1.0671 1.0690 C$ in US$ 0.9542 0.9496 0.9503 0.9371 0….