INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (July 07, 2008)
Australia (A$) June 24 June 17 Change Bendigo Mining 0.28 0.30 -0.02 Centamin Egypt 1.15 1.24 -0.09 Kingsgate Cons. 5.28 5.50 -0.22 Lion Selection Ltd 1.88 1.82 0.06 …
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TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE JUNE 24-26
The TSX lost ground during the June 24-26 trading session, with the S&P TSX Composite Index falling 117 points, or 0.8%, to 14,292, in sympathy with a drop on Wall Street. Mining and materials sto…
EXCHANGE RATES (July 07, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 30 June 27 June 26 June 25 June 24 US$ in C$ n/a n/a 1.0121 1.0135 1.0136 C$ in US$ n/a n/a 0.9880 0.9867 0.9866 EXCHAN…
DIVIDENDS (July 07, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* per share on $3.75* cmltv prf stk on July 1, rec June 13. Hecla Mining will pay $0.875* di…
LENDING RATES (July 07, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, June 24, 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 …
CNQ TRADING — JUNE 17-23, 2008 (July 07, 2008)
(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 350 0.15 0.15 0.15 + 0.05 0.23 0.085 Avanti Mining AVMI 6960 0.80 0.31 0.55 -0.15 0.80 0…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (July 07, 2008)
as of Apr. 1/2008
U. S. MARKETS JUNE 24-26
Investors ran for cover during the abbreviated June 24-26 trading session as oil prices climbed above US$140 per barrel on Thursday. The same day, Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of Petro…
Kyrgyz court ruling roughs up Centerra
Centerra Gold’s (CG-T, CAGDF-O) share price was hammered recently, after a court ruling against it coincided with the departure of two key members of its management.
Editorial: More confusion for miners in Venezuela
The psychodrama that is Venezuela welled up again onto the world stage during the week ended June 28, the last trading week of the first half of 2008.
Obituary: Maurice ‘Mort’ Brown: Mining devotee dies at 95
Behind a large wooden desk littered with stock tables and back issues of The Northern Miner sits publisher Mort Brown, shuffling stacks of papers and organizing his office while a new editor explains …
Conservative but clever: Agnico-Eagle strategy pays off with Goldex opening
SITE VISIT VAL-D’OR, QUE. — While Agnico-Eagles Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) hails its simple mining process as a key to the economic success of its latest…