Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,050/t. Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$8.38/lb. Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.71/lb.

Daily Metal Prices

52-week Date Nov. 16 Nov. 13 Nov. 12 Nov. 11 Nov. 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1377.94 1359.90 1350.75 1353.94 1345.13 1381.12 678.62 TSX Composite 11512.26 11407.68 11360.76 11439.75 11426.74…

Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/09 (with changes from Oct. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/09 (with changes from Oct. 15/09).

*as of Sept. 30/09

as of 9 a. m. ET. Nov. 10, 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 …

Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport McMoRan Copper …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Nov. 16 Nov. 13 Nov. 12 Nov. 11 Nov. 10 US$ in C$ 1.0460 1.0508 1.0519 Holiday 1.0518 C$ in US$ 0.9560 0.9517 0.9507 Holiday …

Australia (A$) Nov. 10 Nov. 3 Change Aquila Resources 8.02 7.33 0.69 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.22 0.02 Centennial Coal 3.36 3.22 0.14 Fortescue Res 3.90 3.72 0.18 Iluka R…

VANCOUVER — Despite signs that a tentative heartbeat is returning to Ecuador’s mining industry, questions still loom over how onerous Ecuador’s royalty regime will be on future producers.Ever since the Ecuadorian government shut down mineral…