Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alcoa — Nicholas Ashooh appointed VP of corporate affairs, replacing John D. Bergen, who has been appointed VP of human resources.

The TSX Composite Index kicked off the New Year by keeping with the upwards momentum at the end of 2009. The benchmark rose 2.7% or 312.18 points, over the Dec. 22-Jan. 4 trading period to close at 11…

The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index enjoyed a happy holidays, gaining 115.76 points between Dec. 22 and Jan. 4 to close the first trading day of 2010 at 1543.93. Daily trading volumes were down, a…

The New Year got off to a good start when, on the first trading day of 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index registered their highest closes in 15 months and the Nasdaq ende…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 5, 2010 (change from Dec. 29 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Jan. 4 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 Dec. 29 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1951/1990 n/a 1935/1957 1960/2000 1950/1990 Alum…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Jan. 4 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 Dec. 29 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1543.93 n/a 1520.72 1494.88 1483.56 1545.48 809.03 TSX Composite 11866.90 n/a 11746.11 11717.46 11701.81…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/09 (with changes from Nov. 30/09). Largest short positions Great Basin Gold GBG 21779074 2683276 Caledonia Mining CAL 20020000 19970700 Eldorad…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/09 (with changes from Nov. 30/09). Largest short positions Romarco Minerals R 4234987 -551113 Manicouagan Minerals MAM 2492000 2492000 Galway R…