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.
July 8, 2019 Great Panther approves positive production decision for Coricancha The actual restart date is expected in the first half of 2020.
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