DAILY METAL PRICES (September 13, 2010)
Date Sept. 6 Sept. 3 Sept. 2 Sept. 1 Aug. 31 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2280/2160 2250/2130 2220/2120 2215/2105 2145/20…
News
Kodiak, Golden Goose set to merge
VANCOUVER — Junior gold explorers Kodiak Exploration (KXL-V) and Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V) have entered into a binding agreement to merge, bringing together several gold properties at various st…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (September 13, 2010)
52-week Date Aug. 30 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 Aug. 24 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp Holiday 1565.96 1531.23 1517.63 1499.63 1691.10 1229.25 TSX Composite Holiday 12144.92 12111.09 12003.78 11913.86…
M&A frenzy
The unofficial last week of summer in Canada and the U.S. was a surprisingly intense period of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.
PDAC: C-300 will hurt Canadian mining
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is advocating against proposed Bill C-300. Below is some of what PDAC has to say about the bill. For more information and advice on how to take act…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (September 13, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/10 (with changes from Aug. 15/10).
Quebec Innu lift blockade of New Millennium’s iron ore project
The Innu Matimekush-Lake-John First Nation has agreed to remove barricades that were blocking access to New Millennium Capital’s (NML-V) direct shipping ore (DSO) project near Schefferville, Que., sin…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (September 13, 2010)
*as of June 30/10
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (September 13, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/10 (with changes from Aug. 15/10).
DIVIDENDS (September 13, 2010)
Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…
LENDING RATES (September 13, 2010)
as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (September 13, 2010)
Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 4.56 -0.06 Iluka …