A miner’s guide to listing in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — While competition with the Shanghai Stock Exchange continues, Hong Kong is still home to some of China’s largest mineral companies, with larger companies generally having a secondary list…
News
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (September 08, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-O) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., to investigate the possibility of producing a better nu…
U. S. Markets August 26-29
U. S. indices were up during the holiday-shortened Aug. 26-29 trading session: the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 157 points, or 1.4%, to 11,544; the S&P 500 Index climbed 16 points, or 1.3…
Toronto Stock Exchange August 26-29
The TSX Composite Index enjoyed a slight rally over the Labour Day-shortened Aug. 25-29 trading period, gaining 482.29 points to finish at 13,771.25.
TSX Venture Exchange August 26–29
In another tentative sign that the market is picking up, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted four small gains over the truncated Aug. 26-29 trading week to close up 43.63 points at 1,983.64…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (September 08, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 31/08).
Lending Rates (September 08, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
Spur Ventures digs in to ride the dragon
Spur Ventures’ (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) Chinese odyssey began in 1996, when the company’s mining-focused founders saw potential in some rock phosphate mines in the country.
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (September 08, 2008)
as of Aug. 25/08
Rubicon rises on Phoenix gold results
VANCOUVER — Another set of bonanza intercepts from the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont., added 38% to Rubicon Minerals’ (RMX-T, RBY-X) share price over three days of trading.
International Quotes (September 08, 2008)
Australia (A$) Aug 12 Aug 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.20 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.80 5.60 -0.80 Lion Selection Ltd 1.58 1.50 0.08 Newcrest Mining 23.49 26.31 -2.82 …
Dividends (September 08, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv…