2009

A plane crash near Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N)Niobec mine in Quebec’s Saguenay region has left two flight crew members dead and two passengers in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It took dealing with more than 70 lenders, but Rusal has managed to restructure its giant debt load.

Alexco Resource Corp. — Thomas Fudge appointed VP of development and engineering; Tim Hall appointed general manager of Keno Hill operations; Rob McIntyre appointed VP of corporate affairs and commun…

The S&P/TSX composite index showed resilience over the Dec. 8-14 reporting period as it approached the end of a strong comeback year. The index finished 56 points higher at 11,545 points, showing …

For a third consecutive five-day trading period, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index bounced around the 1,400 level. Between Dec. 8 and 14, the index lost 9.32 points to close at 1,425.08. A 32-po…

Date Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1935/1970 1915/1939 1869/1900 1821/1855 1806/185…

*as of Sept. 30/09

52-week Date Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1425.08 1417.11 1417.60 1410.08 1402.24 1466.49 684.95 TSX Composite 11545.69 11423.93 11464.57 11379.22 11368.93…

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/09 (with changes from Nov. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/09 (with changes from Nov. 15/09).

Note: Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport Mc- MoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* …

as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 15, 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 3.2…