Tin Miner Alphamin Slumps After Rebels Take Congolese City
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Alphamin Resources Corp. shares fell the most in nine years after Rwanda-backed rebels overran the eastern Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province where the company's tin mines are located.
The stock sank by as much as a third earlier Monday, then pared losses to trade down 9.4% at 97 Canadian cents as of 12:27 p.m. in Toronto.
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