Consolidated Thompson reaches key milestones in Quebec
In late July Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-T) shipped the first iron ore concentrate to its Chinese st…
2010
US markets down week of Aug. 9-13
Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the U.S. economy is going to get worse before it gets better, up from 53%…
TSX mining stocks fall
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 16, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 9, 2010 (change from Aug. 2 in brackets):
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 16, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,233.33 /t.
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (August 16, 2010)
52-week Date Aug. 9 Aug. 6 JAug. 5 Aug. 4 Aug. 3 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1469.03 1465.48 1459.07 1453.46 1441.08 1691.10 1555.50 TSX Composite 11863.56 11799.97 11774.77 11845.05 11782.60…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (August 16, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/10 (with changes from July 15/10).
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (August 16, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/10 (with changes from July 15/10).
DIVIDENDS (August 16, 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 $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…
LENDING RATES (August 16, 2010)
as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 10, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (August 16, 2010)
Australia (A$) Aug 10 July 30 Change Aquila Resources 8.01 7.4 0.61 Bendigo Mining 0.19 0.19 0.00 Centennial Coal 5.98 5.98 0.00 Fortescue Res 4.59 4.29 0.30 Iluka Re…
EXCHANGE RATES (August 16, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 9 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 Aug. 3 US$ in C$ 1.0266 1.0273 1.0158 1.0185 1.0225 C$ in US$ 0.9741 0.9734 0.9844 0.9818 0.9780…