August 25, 2019

Fireweed Zinc’s John Robins on ‘deal of the century’ in the Yukon

John Robins is the executive chairman and a director at Fireweed Zinc, which is advancing its massive zinc-lead deposit in the Yukon.

August 14, 2019

Lead jumps again as Port Pirie smelter goes down again

It's turning out to be a torrid summer for the usually sedate lead market.

August 13, 2019

NorZinc receives draft road permits for Prairie Creek project

The land and water board has another six weeks to finalize the permits.

August 7, 2019

Osisko notes excellent flotation tests of samples from Pine Point

Optimized rougher flotation tests recovered 95.3% to 97.7% of the zinc, compared to 80.4% to 91.5% in the first tests.

August 3, 2019

Fireweed Zinc consolidates Macmillan Pass in the Yukon

The Macmillan Pass project is the largest undeveloped zinc and lead resource in the world held by a junior Canadian company.

July 31, 2019

Nyrstar restarts Port Pirie lead smelter in Australia

The smelter halted output on May 28 due to an unplanned outage at the blast furnace.

July 29, 2019

Base metals snapshot: Eight companies advancing projects around the globe

As the global demand for base metals grows, the mining industry is on the hunt for new deposits that can be developed into operating mines.

July 21, 2019

Antamina to spend $390m on mine reno

The company expects to be able to process 85 million tonnes of mineral per year.

July 17, 2019

Osisko to carry out innovative gravity survey at Pine Point

The survey will be flown and processed by CGG Canada Services using its Falcon system on a helicopter platform known as HeliFalcon.

July 9, 2019

Nyrstar extends stoppage at Port Pirie smelter until late July

Port Pirie produced 160,000 tonnes of lead metal last year, down 7% from the previous year.