Zinc Top Stories

Century zinc mine begins commercial production

Australia mine production begins amid forecasts that see zinc prices climbing in the coming months due to covid-19 restrictions easing up.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 6, 2020 | 3:45 am

Global zinc production poised for gains – report

Elevated zinc prices relative to historical levels will incentivise investment…

MINING.com Editor | July 3, 2020 | 2:05 pm

Monster rally adds $250 billion to global top 50 mining companies

MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based…

MINING.com Editor | July 3, 2020 | 1:48 pm

Moon richer in metals than previously thought — NASA

Scientists found the lunar subsurface contains higher concentration of iron…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2020 | 7:18 am

A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests

LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year…

Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:14 am

Freeport-McMoRan’s profit beats estimates on strong copper production

On an adjusted basis, the company earned 27 cents per share for the three months ended Dec. 31.

Reuters | January 24, 2024 | 8:11 am

Codelco places $2bn in bonds as miner aims to boost copper output

Codelco's production has slumped to its lowest level in 25 years due to operational problems and delays in its expansion projects.

Reuters | January 23, 2024 | 4:45 pm

Probe Gold drills 1.17% copper over 9.5 metres at La Peltrie option property

The drill program was following up on the 2022 discovery hole, which returned 0.13% coper over 345.5 metre.

Staff Writer | January 23, 2024 | 10:46 am

Barrick speeds up Zambian copper mine expansion

Lumwana will have a projected annual production of around 240,000 tonnes per year over a 30-plus-year life.

Staff Writer | January 23, 2024 | 8:48 am

Mining generated C$18 billion for BC economy in 2022 – report

This represents a 40% improvement over the figure in 2021 and 46.3% higher than the C$12.3 billion reported for 2018.

Henry Lazenby | January 22, 2024 | 11:26 am

Aurubis moves to terminate CEO’s contract after copper scam

The criminal scam cost the copper producer about €169 million last year.

Bloomberg News | January 22, 2024 | 11:16 am

First Quantum shareholder SailingStone told miner about ‘missed opportunities’

First Quantum is dealing with the fallout from the sudden closure of its flagship copper mine in Panama, which accounted for about 40% of its revenue.

Reuters | January 22, 2024 | 9:50 am

Managem plans $300 million capital increase in 2024

This capital will fund the company's gold, copper and cobalt expansion plans.

Reuters | January 22, 2024 | 9:49 am

South32 misses output estimates, puts Colombia nickel unit under review

The miner on Monday posted a near 50% drop in second-quarter metallurgical coal output.

Reuters | January 21, 2024 | 3:46 pm

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