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…
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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.
Spot Prices (September 08, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Producer And Dealer Prices (September 08, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,466.00/t.
Entre Gold discovers coal in Mongolia
Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) may be exploring for gold and copper on the resource-rich steppes of Mongolia but as luck would have it, the Canadian junior has also stumbled across some coal within 5 km o…
Continental Minerals: one step closer at Xietongmen
VANCOUVER — The Chinese government has approved Continental Minerals’ (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) land reclamation report — the final of seven completed — for its Xietongmen project in Tibet, about 50 km from…
Follow the money: Inter-Citic has backers equal to none and big dreams for Dachang
When two extremely prominent, high net-worth Chinese families back a Canadian junior mining company, people should probably sit up and take notice.
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (September 08, 2008)
as of Aug. 25/08
Rubicon rises on Phoenix gold results
VANCOUVER — Another set of bonanza intercepts from the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont., added 38% to Rubicon Minerals’ (RMX-T, RBY-X) share price over three days of trading.
A miner’s guide to listing in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — While competition with the Shanghai Stock Exchange continues, Hong Kong is still home to some of China’s largest mineral companies, with larger companies generally having a secondary list…
DAILY METAL PRICES (September 08, 2008)
Date Sept. 1 Aug. 29 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ 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 …