Exchange Rates (September 08, 2008)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
2008
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…
Mongolian hurdles don’t faze Ivanhoe (September 08, 2008)
VANCOUVER — In spite of everything, it seems Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is committed to Mongolia.
Hathor hits a homer
VANCOUVER — After almost three months of promising scintillometer results, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-O) released the first set of assay results from its summer drilling program at the Midwest …
Lean and mean has gone too far
The following is an open letter from Buzz Hargrove, the departing national president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, the largest private sector union in Canada and representative of about 7,500 Ca…
Editorial: Conflicts and confusion
While the crash in junior mining stocks started to level off during the week ended Aug. 30, the 35th trading week of 2008, there remained quite a few open-ended, confusing situations for miners and th…
Clear skies in Qinghai for Eldorado Gold (September 08, 2008)
As the first North American gold producer in China, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has a lot to smile about.
DRC sounds sour note on Tenke
Words from the mouth of a mines ministry official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been anything but music to the ears of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Lundin Mining (LUN-…
Minco adds Sterling to its silver portfolio
VANCOUVER — The company advancing the Fuwan silver property in China, Minco Silver (MSV-T, MISVF-O), is taking over Sterling Mining (SMQ-T, SRLM-O), proprietor of the Sunshine silver mine in Idaho, t…
GobiMin back on track, CFO says
VANCOUVER — With rebounding revenues, a doubled up indicated resource at Yellow Mountain and a new copper discovery at Yanxi, summer has been much kinder to GobiMin (GMN-V, GMNFF-O) than winter.
Getting your permits in China (September 08, 2008)
HONG KONG — Miners intending to enter China’s vast mining and mineral exploration scene need to know the ropes when it comes to the country’s minerals regulatory regime.
Inmet and Petaquilla make nice
Inmet Mining has moved closer to its (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T, PTQLF-O) out of the picture at the Petaquilla copper project in Panama, by boosting its bid for the juni…