TSX Short Positions (July 30, 2007)
Short positions outstanding at July 15/07 (with changes from June 30/07).
News
More moly at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals’ (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) underground drill effort at its Jersey-Emerald project, located near Salmo in southeastern B.C., has returned further wide, high-grade molybdenum-mineral…
Gem Diamonds bids for Kimberley (July 30, 2007)
Up-and-comer Gem Diamonds (GEMD-L) of the U.K. has tabled a friendly A70-per-share cash offer for Perth-based Kimberley Diamond Co. (KDC-L, KIM-A), valuing the Aussie junior producer at A$300-million…
Editorial: No, Boka’s not another Busang
A little more than a decade after Bre-X Minerals’ Busang sample salting fiasco, the junior mining industry was hit with another serious case of alleged assay manipulation with news that Southwestern R…
Editorial: NovaGold suit dismissed
Apart from Southwestern Resources’ Boka troubles, which we deal with separately opposite to this, the week ended July 21, the 29th week of 2007, saw a court decision that was sensible, an environmenta…
Suppliers News (July 30, 2007)
Caterpillars to invade Venezuela
People (July 30, 2007)
Adanac Moly — Investor relations representative Michael Alexander passed away.
Mining ladies aim to raise $200,000 for cancer research
In September, eight women from the mining industry will join hundreds of other women in a 2-day, 60-km walk to raise money for Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, as part of the charity’s…
Toronto Stock Exchange July 17-23
A week after serving as the playing field for the largest takeover in mining history — with Rio Tinto announcing it was acquiring Alcan — the TSX Composite Index proved it still had some legs, risin…
LME Warehouse Levels (July 30, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 23, 2007 (change from July 16 in brackets):
U.S. Markets July 17-23
Weak earnings reports just barely overpowered good inflation news in United States stock markets during the period July 17-23, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.5% to 1,541.57 points. That…
TSX Venture Exchange July 17-23
Although gold surged to an 11-week high over the July 17-23 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index only managed an 18.31-point gain, closing at 3,322.76. Average daily trading volume…