Market Vectors ETF Trust Files Shareholder Report for Year Ended December 31, 2007

  
    
  
  
    
      The Market Vectors ETF Trust (“the Trust”) 
      filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its 
      Certified Shareholder Report (Form N-CSR) for the year ended December 
      31, 2007 for the following ETFs:
    
    
      
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          Market Vectors-Agribusiness (Amex: MOO),
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Environmental Services (Amex: EVX),
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Global Alternative Energy (NYSE Arca: GEX),
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Gold Miners (Amex: GDX),
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Nuclear Energy (Amex: NLR),
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Russia (NYSE Arca: RSX) and
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Market Vectors-Steel (Amex: SLX).
        
      
    
    
      The Annual Report, as filed on Form N-CSR, includes each ETF’s 
      audited financial statements for the fiscal year and is available free 
      of charge by contacting Van Eck Global, 99 Park Avenue, New York, New 
      York 10016, by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR toll-free or on the Internet at www.vaneck.com/etf. 
      This report and other information filed by the Trust are also available 
      on the EDGAR database on the Securities and Exchange Commission's 
      Internet site at www.sec.gov.
    
    
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      for the most recent month-end performance of Market Vectors ETFs. 
      This information will be available no later than seven business days 
      after the most recent month end.
    
    
      Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and 
      redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in 
      large, specified blocks of shares called “creation 
      units” and otherwise can be bought and sold 
      only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and 
      redeemed principally in kind.
    
    
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      objective, risks, and charges and expenses of Market Vectors ETFs 
      carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other 
      information. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
    
    
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