Volume 96 Number 27 - Aug 23 - 29, 2010

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

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

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,350.00/t.

Date Aug. 16 Aug. 13 Aug. 12 Aug. 11 Aug. 10 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2200/2118 2240/2145 2195/2130 2180/2115 2230/2…

*as of June 30/10

52-week Date Aug. 16 Aug. 13 JAug. 12 Aug. 11 Aug. 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1457.16 1457.05 1453.74 1441.43 1464.15 1691.10 1555.50 TSX Composite 11552.76 11528.25 11523.60 11582.21 11838.29…

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

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

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 17, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

Australia (A$) Aug 17 Aug 10 Change Aquila Resources 8.69 8.01 0.68 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.19 -0.01 Centennial Coal 6.04 5.98 0.06 Fortescue Res 4.56 4.59 -0.03 Iluka …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 16 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 US$ in C$ 1.0432 1.0402 1.0434 1.0456 1.0348 C$ in US$ 0.9586 0.9614 0.9584 0.9564 0.9664…