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Vale’s (VALE-N) nickel subsidiary Vale Inco plans to train non-unionized supervisors and mill workers to work in the Voisey’s Bay open-pit nickel mine in Labrador after contract talks with striking mi…

Date Jan. 25 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1995/2020 1970/2000 1980/2005 1970/2000 1920/1…

With the global mineral exploration industry converging on Vancouver for the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup convention, the third trading week of the year was filled with explorers touting their l…

With gold still grabbing the lion’s share of the headlines in the investment community, we thought it would be prudent in this week’s installment of The Technical Analysis Report to examine major gold…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Jan. 25P> Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1546.85 1549.67 1558.91 1590.69 1612.86 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11354.51 11343.43 114…

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

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

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. Jan. 26, 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 Jan. 25 Jan. 22 Jan. 21 Jan. 20 Jan. 19 US$ in C$ 1.0582 1.0564 1.0487 1.0478 1.0328 C$ in US$ 0.9450 0.9466 0.9536 0.9544 0…

Australia (A$) Jan. 26 Jan. 19 Change Aquila Resources 9.89 10.9 -1.01 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.25 -0.01 Centennial Coal 3.86 3.99 -0.13 Fortescue Res 4.79 5.17 -0.38 Il…