June 6, 2019

Nyrstar suspends Port Pirie lead smelter, declares force majeure

The company stopped output at Port Pirie on May 28 due to an unplanned outage at the blast furnace.

June 4, 2019

Canada’s Monarca to acquire San José project in Mexico

Chip sampling on the property produced significant gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead results.

May 22, 2019

Osisko Metals drills 13 metres of 19% zinc+lead at Pine Point

The company has released additional assay results from 145 drill holes completed at the Pine Point zinc-lead camp.

May 9, 2019

China’s environmental crackdown buoys lead, zinc

Zinc stocks plummeted from 900,000 tonnes at the beginning of 2014 to around 120,000 five years later - due to a rash of zinc mine closures over the past few…

May 8, 2019

Osisko Metals tests pre-concentrating sorters

Two technologies were tested – x-ray transmission sorting and dense media separation.

May 6, 2019

Hong Kong exchange to launch dollar-denominated mini contracts for base metals

The new offering comes five years after a similar product fizzled on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

May 6, 2019

Massive base metals mine in Myanmar to start production in 2021

Bawdwin will be the world’s No. 3 producing lead mine and the tenth largest silver operation. It’s also set to become a significant zinc producer.

April 30, 2019

China’s metals imports robust despite macro doubts

Industrial metal markets are taking a breather as they await tangible evidence that China's latest stimulus package is feeding through to a flagging manufacturing sector.

April 30, 2019

Tower Resources starts exploration program at Nechako gold project in BC

The Vancouver-based miner said the Nechako Au-Ag-Zn-Pb-As dispersal train is similar in size and strength to known trains from some of Canada's largest gold deposits.

April 24, 2019

Osisko Metals cut 9.4% Pb+Zn over 12 metres at Pine Point

The company has received assay results from 127 drill holes.