Perkoa proves up for Blackthorn

Metals developer Blackthorn Resources has reported an 80% increase in the mineral resource at its Perkoa joint venture project, in Burkina Faso. The project’s mineral resource has now increased to 12.17-million tons, at 10.3% zinc and 53.9 g/t...

Company Announcement: Lady Loretta and Handlebar Hill Mines Expanding

Xstrata Zinc is accelerating production from the Lady Loretta underground mine and further extending the life of the Handlebar Hill open cut operation in Queensland, Australia, generating a net increase in annual zinc production of 5% .

Zincor closure bodes well for zinc industry’s future

The closure of diversified miner Exxaro Resource’s Zincor, South Africa’s only zinc refinery, at the end of 2011 has generated significant international interest and movement in the zinc industry, says International Zinc Association South...

Corrosion protection to ensure sustainable zinc production

The demand for corrosion protection will ensure the development and sustainability of zinc-related mining projects currently under consideration and in progress in the Southern African region, says the International Zinc Association of Southern...

Kagara keeps FY production forecast unchanged

Base-metals miner Kagara expects to produce around 23 000 t of copper and 50 000 t of lead plus zinc metal for the 2010/11 financial year. The forecast has remained unchanged, despite the severe weather affecting the state of Queensland.

Two dead after Pennsylvania zinc plant explosion

Two people died and at least two other employees were injured after an explosion at Horsehead Holding's Monaca zinc refining facility on Thursday, the company reported on Friday morning. Both injured employees were treated and released from local...

Adex sees interest grow in New Brunswick project

Canadian junior Adex Mining, which plans to produce tin, indium, zinc, and eventually molybdenum and tungsten, from its flagship New Brunswick property, is getting a lot of interest in all five metals from potential customers or partners in Asia,...

Adex mulls options for New Brunswick project

TSX Venture Exchange-listed Adex Mining has completed a new preliminary assessment on the North zone of its Mount Pleasant property, in Canada's New Brunswick Province, which indicates two viable production options for the tin/indium/zinc...

Belgium-based metals major moving into mining

BELGIAN metals company Nyrstar has announced that it is to expand into mining. This was revealed with the release of the company’s Strategic Review last week. Nyrstar is a major global multi-metals producer, and is the world’s biggest...

Teck sees 'softening' copper, zinc demand from China

Chinese demand for copper and zinc metal is “softening”, Teck Cominco base-metals marketing VP Andrew Stonkus said on Thursday. Teck posted third-quarter net earnings of C$424-million on Thursday, 13,4% lower than a year earlier, after lower...

Increased Namibian ownership of Rosh Pinah mine

Diversified South Africa-based resources company Exxaro Resources (Exxaro), the Namibian Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Rosh Pinah) and the Namibian empowerment company PE Minerals, announced in June this year that Exxaro has divested a 43,8%...

Xstrata, Teck Cominco close Western Australia base-metals mine

Operations at Teck Cominco and Xstrata's jointly owned Lennard Shelf Pillara mine, in Western Australia, will cease by early August, after plummeting zinc and lead prices and rising costs made the mine uneconomic, the companies announced on...