October 18, 2018 Zinc, lead, other metals debut trading on Shanghai physical platform Total volume reached 252 million yuan ($36.3 million).
October 18, 2018 Spanish environmentalists demand mine closures The activists expressed their complaints at the European Parliament.
October 14, 2018 B.C’s historical Kootenay-Boundary district mining region gathers attention Golden Dawn Minerals, KG Exploration Inc. and GGX Gold Corp. are among the companies setting foot in the area.
October 2, 2018 Bear kills mining contractor in Alaska Mine personnel are securing the area and working with state and federal authorities to investigate the situation.
October 1, 2018 Japan’s Mitsui Mining expects H2 zinc output to rise 3.6 pct y/y Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd plans to produce 114,600 tonnes of refined zinc during October-March in the 2018/19 financial year.
September 19, 2018 Sun Metals Corp. added to Oxygen Capital’s fold Integrated mining development company rolls investment dice on its first major B.C. project.
September 19, 2018 Central Asia Metals hunts for acquisitions Base metals under pressure from trade tensions.
September 18, 2018 Tahoe Resources’ Guatemalan unit announces new round of layoffs Decision comes two weeks after the country's top court kept in place a more than 14-month suspension of operations at the company's Escobal silver mine.
August 29, 2018 Australian southern state open to mining Victoria's government wants to spend $220 million on exploration and drill one million metres by 2023.
August 28, 2018 Canada’s Teck resumes lead smelting at British Columbia facility Teck Resources Ltd said on Tuesday that lead smelting had resumed at its Trail, British Columbia, facility after a seven-day suspension because of wildfires.
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