Mind the gap between sister metals zinc and lead

Cash from the sale will be used to proceed with the takeover of Spectra Energy and fund other growth projects.

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Companies had no choice but to cut back on new developments, re-focus on profitable production rather than maximum production and to save costs.

The country is poised to becoming the world’s third largest producer of the commodity, as the massive Husab mine begins production in October.

The Canadian miner said operations were unaffected, adding it expects the issue to be resolved quickly.

The combined company, to be known as Kirkland Lake Gold, will have a market capitalization of about Cdn$2.4 billion and produce more than 500,000 ounces of the yellow metal a year.

The country’s state planner said it would also set up a no-coal zone in cities around Beijing in 2017 to try reducing the capital's hazardous smog levels.

Texas-based Ocean Minerals says the area is also rich in scandium, a key ingredient for making an extremely light, strong, corrosion resistant, heat tolerant and weldable alloy.

Prices above $200 a tonne are suddenly making companies that mine the steel-making commodity more unattractive.