Volume 96 Number 30 - Sep 13 - 19, 2010

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 6, 2010 (change from Aug. 31 in brackets):

The unofficial last week of summer in Canada and the U.S. was a surprisingly intense period of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is advocating against proposed Bill C-300. Below is some of what PDAC has to say about the bill. For more information and advice on how to take act…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,766.66/t.

The Innu Matimekush-Lake-John First Nation has agreed to remove barricades that were blocking access to New Millennium Capital’s (NML-V) direct shipping ore (DSO) project near Schefferville, Que., sin…

Date Sept. 6 Sept. 3 Sept. 2 Sept. 1 Aug. 31 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2280/2160 2250/2130 2220/2120 2215/2105 2145/20…

*as of June 30/10

52-week Date Aug. 30 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 Aug. 24 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp Holiday 1565.96 1531.23 1517.63 1499.63 1691.10 1229.25 TSX Composite Holiday 12144.92 12111.09 12003.78 11913.86…

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

Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/10 (with changes from Aug. 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. 23, 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….