October 21, 2024

Fireweed adds germanium and gallium byproducts to Macpass resource update

The latest estimate contains resources for the Tom and Jason deposits and the inaugural numbers for the Boundary and End zones.

October 15, 2024

Column: China imports record amount of lead after Shanghai squeeze

China's imports of refined lead surged in August with the country set to be a net importer of the battery metal for the first time since 2020.

September 30, 2024

Fireweed hits high-grade zinc at Boundary zone in Yukon

The drill results come almost one month after Fireweed released a resource update for the zinc-lead-silver project.

September 30, 2024

Copper takes top spot again as best prospect at LME seminar

Copper got 46% of votes in an informal poll at the LME Seminar on which base metal is likely to have most upside.

September 26, 2024

Teck partially shuts British Columbia zinc plant due to fire

The Trail Operations represent one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes.

September 23, 2024

Foran advances McIlvenna copper-gold build in Saskatchewan

The 2022 feasibility study gave the project an 18-year mine life producing an average of 65 million lb. copper equivalent annually.

September 22, 2024

Yukon First Nations appeal BMC’s Kudz Ze Kayah project in court

Among the arguments, CBC reported, was the lack of consultation on the project’s economic feasibility.

September 5, 2024

Update bumps zinc resource four-fold for Fireweed Metals’ Macpass project in Yukon

Indicated resources now total 56 million tonnes grading 5.49% zinc, 1.58% lead and 24.2 grams silver per tonne.

September 3, 2024

Cerro de Pasco Resources sells Santander zinc mine in Peru

In June 2023 the operation underwent curtailment due to weak zinc prices.  

August 30, 2024

Mexico’s Tizapa mine offline due to strike, Penoles says

The union, which represents the mining, metallurgical, and steel industries, is citing violations of a collective labor agreement signed in April.