BC revives northern power line project
Vancouver — British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has resuscitated the Northwest Transmission Line (NTL), a project that would see at least 335 km of new, 287-kilovolt, power lines extended into t…
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Royalty companies trumpet their low-cost model
Managing a royalty company these days is like running a MASH unit, Douglas Silver, chairman and chief executive of International Royalty Corp. (IRC-T, ROY-x) told analysts and investors at the recent …
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (October 06, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.
DAILY METAL PRICES (October 06, 2008)
Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2155/2200 2190/2201 2135/2210 2180/2250 2…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (October 06, 2008)
52-week Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1382.03 1515.64 1540.68 1550.64 1538.60 3192.55 1373.00 TSX Composite 11285.07 12126.00 1254…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (October 06, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept 15/08 (with changes from Aug 31/08). Largest short positions Gold Wheaton GLW 1481912 273112 Westernzagros WZR 1124451 -7283 Raytec Metals RAY …
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (October 06, 2008)
Fund name Sept. 29 Sept. 21 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 18.77 18.81 -0.04 -0.2 -34.26 2.60 540.4 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 8.77 8.54 …
CIC Energy buys back shares, advances Mmamabula
CIC Energy (ELC-T, CIEGF-o) is planning to buy back up to 5% or 2.7 million of its outstanding shares on the open market in a bid to boost its stock, which the company says is undervalued.
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (October 06, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Sept 15/08 (with changes from Aug 31/08).
LENDING RATES (October 06, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Sept. 30, 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 …
DIVIDENDS (October 06, 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$3.75 cmltv…
EXCHANGE RATES (October 06, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 29 Sept. 26 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 US$ in C$ 1.0394 1.0349 1.0338 1.0351 1.0355 C$ in US$ 0.9621 0.9663 0.9673 0.966…