Zinc Top Stories

Foran advances McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc mine toward 2025 production

McIlvenna Bay is the largest undeveloped volcanogenic-hosted massive sulphide deposit in the region.

Staff Writer | December 3, 2024 | 10:46 am

Zinc’s wild week may signal volatile era as supplies squeezed

Supply pressures have made zinc the best performer of the…

Bloomberg News | December 2, 2024 | 7:01 am

Trafigura rattles zinc market with huge order for LME metal

Orders to withdraw zinc from warehouses overseen by the exchange…

Bloomberg News | November 28, 2024 | 8:39 am

Strong zinc results at Fireweed’s Macpass in Yukon point to resource upgrade for Tom target

The intercepts add to an eventful fall at the Macpass…

Blair McBride - The Northern Miner | November 28, 2024 | 8:14 am

Blue Moon acquires two brownfield copper projects in Norway for $67m

Blue Moon's CEO said the transactions would "create a new…

Staff Writer | November 28, 2024 | 7:23 am

Anglo American to end investment in deep sea mining company Nautilus

Anglo has a 4 per cent stake in Toronto-listed Nautilus.

Reuters | May 4, 2018 | 4:17 pm

Four miners dead and three still missing at Sibanye-Stillwater mine

Two more quakes were felt Friday near the company's Masakhane gold mine, which cause search and rescue operations to be momentarily halted.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 4, 2018 | 9:50 am

Workers seek partner to buy and operate aging Peru smelter

La Oroya polymetallic smelter had been operated by Doe Run Peru, a unit of the U.S.-based Renco Group, from 1997 until the company went bankrupt in 2009 and its assets were transferred to a group of former creditors.

Reuters | May 3, 2018 | 5:38 pm

Tesla delivers bad news for cobalt price, boost for rare earths

Electric vehicle manufacturer has reduced cobalt usage in its batteries by 59%.

Frik Els | May 3, 2018 | 12:14 pm

Benchmark zinc treatment charges down 15 pct in 2018- Nyrstar

Zinc supply has been falling over the last few years as major mines reached the end of their lives and Glencore cut its own output.

Reuters | May 3, 2018 | 11:59 am

Eight still trapped underground at Sibanye mine following seismic event

Contact has been made with three of the workers trapped at the company's Masakhane gold mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2018 | 8:15 am

Glencore’s Congo mining conundrum

The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

Reuters | May 3, 2018 | 7:00 am