TSX posts marginal gain, Oct. 30-Nov. 5
Canada’s main stock index fell after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said there was a “live possibility” of a rate hike in December.
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TSX tumbles, March 9-13
Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index index fell during the trading week, losing 1.5% to close at 14,731.50 points. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index dropped 1.8% to 157.90, as the spot price for gold gave back US$10 to end at…
Parliamentary committee sees ‘strategic opportunity’ in Canada’s REEs
VANCOUVER — Canada’s federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources has wrapped up a seven-month study on Canada’s rare earth elements (REE) potential, drawing on extensive consultation with a who’s who…
Orbite eyes high-grade alumina production in 2015
Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; OTCQX: EORBF) says its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, Que., is on track to reach commercial production early next year.
Toronto Stock Exchange, Oct. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 176 points to 12,892.11, as investors hoped for a resolution to the budget impasse south of the border. The situation was doubly bad for commodities, as lower U.S. bond prices pushed yields higher,…
Orbite lines up funds for HPA plant
Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; US-OTC: EORBF) says it will complete an equity raise “within the coming weeks” to help finish building and optimizing its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, Que., after a proposed financing was…
Toronto Stock Exchange, Aug. 12-16
The S&P/TSX Composite Index shook off the bad performance of markets south of the border, as stronger commodity prices bolstered the resource-weighted index.
Orbite inks offtake deal with Glencore
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has gained another vote of confidence from a major for its innovative technique to produce alumina from its aluminous clay deposit in Quebec, sending its shares soaring.
Orbite to produce alumina, rare earths in 2013
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has been busy proving that its patented technology to extract alumina from clay, bauxite and red mud — the residue left from traditional extraction processes — works on a large-scale. It plans to…
[Update] Orbite keeps moving
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has been busy proving its patented technology to extract alumina from clays, bauxite, and red mud works. It now says it’s capable of recovering individual rare earths as a byproduct from its high-purity…
TSX falls on weak economic data
While the TSX Composite Index was down 68 points to 11,524.90 for the June 11 to 15 period it could have been much worse.
Analyst questions Orbite’s ‘game-changing’ technology
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has been pushed into the spotlight after an analyst raised concerns about some of the technology the company will use to extract alumina and rare earths from its Grande-Vallée property in Quebec.