Red Hill expands Ulaan Ovoo pit
Red Hill Energy (RH-V, RHFFF-O) is combining a bulk-sample program with an open-pit expansion program at its Ulaan Ovoo coal project in Mongolia.
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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.
Entre Gold discovers coal in Mongolia
Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) may be exploring for gold and copper on the resource-rich steppes of Mongolia but as luck would have it, the Canadian junior has also stumbled across some coal within 5 km o…
Follow the money: Inter-Citic has backers equal to none and big dreams for Dachang
When two extremely prominent, high net-worth Chinese families back a Canadian junior mining company, people should probably sit up and take notice.
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…
DAILY METAL PRICES (September 08, 2008)
Date Sept. 1 Aug. 29 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2410/2460 2440/2480 2410/2460 2470/2510 2430/2…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (September 08, 2008)
52-week Date Sept. 1 Aug. 29 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp Holiday 1983.64 1963.85 1949.92 1942.60 3192.55 1881.41 TSX Composite Holiday 13771.25 13750.48 …
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (September 08, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 15/08 (with changes from Jul. 15/08).
Exchange Rates (September 08, 2008)
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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…