May 6, 2025

World’s biggest zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil

Teck Resources' Red Dog mine, some 105 miles inside the Arctic Circle, accounts for about 5% of global zinc supply and 2.5% of lead.

April 30, 2025

Ace Green, OM Commodities sign lead scrap supply deal for Texas recycling facility

With more than 1.5 million metric tons of lead battery scrap available for recycling in the US alone, there is a critical gap in smelter capacity to keep valuable material…

April 30, 2025

London Metal Exchange scraps OTC trade plan, to hike fees instead

The new proposals are designed to modernise the 148-year-old exchange.

April 29, 2025

Column: Investment funds turn bearish on over-supplied lead and zinc

Fund managers have turned increasingly negative on lead and zinc's price outlook.

April 21, 2025

Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos

World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.

April 2, 2025

LME first-quarter volumes jump 5.9% to second highest in 11 years

The only metal that had weaker quarterly volumes was lead.

March 31, 2025

Vizsla reports high-grade discovery in Mexico

News of the discovery comes as Vizsla carries out a 10,000-metre drill program.

March 25, 2025

Trafigura starts strategic review of Australian smelting assets

The trading group is launching a strategic review of its struggling Nyrstar zinc and lead smelting assets.

March 7, 2025

Metal for bullets risks bigger shortage after near-300% surge

A global shortage of antimony could worsen as the US and Europe replenish stockpiles of bullets used in Ukraine.

March 6, 2025

Teck invests $40M to support historic Bunker Hill mine restart in Idaho

Discovered in 1885, the Bunker Hill mine operated for nearly a century, and represents a legendary fixture in American mining history.