Zinc Top Stories

Greece to begin arbitration process over Eldorado mine plans next month

Government said it expects to settle its differences with the Canadian miner, which is developing the Skouries and Olympias projects in northern Greece, where it also operates the Stratoni mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2017 | 9:01 am

Worker dies at Eldorado Gold Skouries project in Greece

Contractor employee was struck by a branch from a falling…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2017 | 11:00 am

Brazil to redo Amazon mining decree after criticism

Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a…

Reuters | August 28, 2017 | 5:08 pm

China’s metals trade fragments into multiple narratives: Andy Home

China's metals trade figures were once a spotlight on the…

Reuters Canada | August 25, 2017 | 12:12 pm

The base metal breakout – industrial commodities threaten their decade-long downtrend

Base metals are showing signs of real strength, with prices…

Sprott's Thoughts | August 24, 2017 | 11:15 am

Antofagasta slashes annual dividend after profit falls

Antofagasta declared a final dividend of 50.5 cents per share for investors.

Reuters | February 21, 2023 | 7:25 am

Uganda to set up state mining firm, take equity in licences

Country has large deposits of a gold, cobalt, copper, iron ore, rare earths, vermiculite and phosphates.

Reuters | February 21, 2023 | 7:10 am

Sibanye-Stillwater goes after Australia’s New Century Resources

The off-market takeover bid by Sibanye values the zinc miner at A$144.1 million ($99.54 million).

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2023 | 5:38 am

Teck Resources to become Teck Metals as it spins off coal unit

Teck's multibillion-dollar steelmaking coal unit will be an independent publicly-listed firm called Elk Valley Resources Ltd.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2023 | 3:38 am

India opposes Vedanta’s $3bn zinc assets sale, rekindling debt worries

The Ministry of Mines urged Hindustan Zinc to "explore other cashless methods" to acquire the assets.

Reuters | February 20, 2023 | 9:03 am

Deep-sea mining would impact ecosystems beyond those in targeted areas – report

Researchers found that the destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts on vent fields hundreds of kilometres away.

Staff Writer | February 20, 2023 | 5:05 am