June 13, 2023 Boliden to suspend operations at Irish zinc mine, sees Q2 setback The Tara mine accounted for half of Boliden's zinc concentrate in 2022.
June 13, 2023 Canadian Copper grabs majority stake in Murray Brook VMS deposit in New Brunswick According to a technical report, Murray Brook represents the 5th largest VMS deposit within the Bathurst camp.
June 13, 2023 Boliden’s Ronneskar metals smelter damaged in fire, output halted The Swedish smelter is a major producer of copper, zinc, lead and other metals.
June 6, 2023 Fireweed kicks off largest ever drill program at Macmillan Pass According to Fireweed, the 100% owned Macmillan Pass project is currently host to one of the largest undeveloped zinc resources in the world.
May 24, 2023 Ambler road decision now expected by mid-2024 The US government has pushed its resolution on the road that would give access to untouched deposits in north-western Alaska.
May 16, 2023 Column: Lead’s balancing act still depends on China’s exports The physical market in both Europe and the United States remains tight and visible stocks are still low.
May 14, 2023 New sponge can remove toxic metals, recover critical minerals from contaminated water Researchers developed a new sponge that can remove heavy metals like lead and cobalt from contaminated water, leaving safe, drinkable water behind.
May 7, 2023 Filtering device that efficiently recovers lead may also be used for retrieving battery metals from water A new capacitive deionization device can adsorb lead much more efficiently than similar devices.
May 1, 2023 Emerita’s first La Romanera resource estimate expected later this month The La Romanera deposit is part of the company’s 100%-owned Iberian Belt West project in southern Spain.
April 27, 2023 Global zinc, lead demand to exceed supply in 2023 – ILZSG Global demand for refined lead metal will exceed supply by 20,000 tonnes in 2023, the group said.
Europe trawls for alternative aluminum supply in face of Mozal shutdown The plant shipped almost 430,000 tons of aluminum to the EU in the first 10 months of 2025. December 16, 2025 | 12:25 pm
