When you own a share of stock, you are a part owner in the company with a claim -- however small it may be -- on every asset and every penny in earnings.As a company's earnings improve, investors are willing to pay more for the stock.here are thousands of stocks to choose from, so investors usually put stocks into different categories: size, style and sector. Size: A company's size refers to its market capitalization, which is the current share price times the total number of shares outstanding.
Two types of bentonite are generally identified. One is called the swelling type or sodium bentonite, which has single water layer particles containing Na+ as the exchangeable ion. The other has double water layer particles with Ca++ as the exchangeable ion. It is called calcium bentonite or non-swelling type.
Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, usually those containing metals such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin and lead, but also involves using the same techniques for excavating ores of gems such as diamonds. Soft rock mining refers to excavation of softer minerals such as salt, coal, or oil sands.