Volume 96 Number 33 - Oct 4 - 10, 2010

Toromont Industries (an Ontario Caterpillar dealer) has won a contract to supply up to 36 350-ton class Caterpillar 795F haulage trucks for Detour Gold’s (DGC-T) Detour Lake gold project in northeaste…

Canada’s daunting, undeveloped Arctic iron ore deposits got a lot of attention in late September with two significant deals.

It’s fair to say that a distrust of government is only one of the things that Marc Faber and Ron Paul share in common.

Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) will invest $16 million to install driver monitoring systems in its fleet of vehicles worldwide. The technology was developed by Utah-based inthinc Technology Solutions, wh…

PEOPLE Blackstone Ventures — Stuart Angus, Kelvin Dushnisky and Michael Knuckey resigned as directors; Don Njegovan appointed a director. Camino Minerals — Francois Gaboury appointed chief geologist. CB Gold —…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 27, 2010 (change from Sept. 20 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,900.00/t.

Daily Metal Prices Date Sept. 27 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 Sept. 22 Sept. 21 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2240/2200 2205/2165 2200/21…

52-week Date Sept. 27 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 Sept. 22 Sept. 21 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1694.63 1699.55 1688.03 1688.70 1680.77 1707.62 1231.25 TSX Composite 12190.60 12204.86 12101.79 12147.26 12170.57…

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

CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS Fund name Sept. 27 Sept. 20 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 38.76 36.80 1.96 5.3 31.08 2.56 614.8 Altamira Pr & …