Untitled Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2013

Securities Act File No. 333-123257

Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

  Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 x
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.  o
  Post Effective Amendment No. 1,101 x
  and/or  
  Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 x
  Amendment No. 1,105 x

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10017


 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


 

(212) 293-2000

Registrant’s Telephone Number

Joseph J. McBrien, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Van Eck Associates Corporation

335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)

x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  On [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)
  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:

  This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant: Market Vectors Africa Index ETF, Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF, Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF, Market Vectors China ETF, Market Vectors Coal ETF, Market Vectors Colombia ETF, Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF, Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap ETF, Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF, Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF, Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF, Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF, Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF, Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF, Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF, Market Vectors Latin America Small-Cap Index ETF, Market Vectors Oil Services ETF, Market Vectors Poland ETF, Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, Market Vectors Russia ETF, Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF, Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF, Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF, Market Vectors Steel ETF, Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF, Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF and Market Vectors Vietnam ETF.

 

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 13th day of May 2013.

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

By: /s/ Jan F. van Eck
Name: Jan F. van Eck
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.

/s/ David H. Chow*

   Trustee May 13, 2013
David H. Chow      

/s/ R. Alastair Short*

   Trustee May 13, 2013
R. Alastair Short      

/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom*

   Trustee May 13, 2013
Peter J. Sidebottom      

/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*

   Trustee May 13, 2013
Richard D. Stamberger      

/s/ Jan F. van Eck

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee May 13, 2013
Jan F. van Eck      

/s/ John J. Crimmins

   Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer May 13, 2013
John J. Crimmins      

*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
Jonathan R. Simon
Attorney in Fact

 

 
 

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