July 13, 2011 Japan Times: China raises spectre of undersea mining with world’s deepest diving submersible The prospect of mining the ocean floor may seem far-fetched, but China, motivated by its insatiable hunger for resources, has opened its eyes to the idea. According to a story…
July 11, 2011 China hikes smelting, steel capacity cuts Reuters Africa reports that China has ordered local governments to cut a total 2.04 million tonnes of aluminium, copper, lead and zinc smelting capacity in 2011.
July 11, 2011 Sumitomo Metal Mining zinc and lead operations at Harima smelter set for major revamp Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited in a move designed to enhance the company’s competitive position in zinc smelting operations has decided to terminate processing of zinc and lead concentrates which…
July 11, 2011 LME non ferrous trading climbs 16 per cent in H1 2011 LME non-ferrous trading climbs 16 per cent in H1, 2011 Read more : non-ferrous metals,ferrous metals,lme,commodity derivatives LONDON (Commodity Online): Non-ferrous trading registered a growth of 16% in volumes at…
July 8, 2011 Breakaway Resources – Altia joint venture: further drilling planned Breakaway Resources Limited (ASX: BRW) is pleased to advise that BHP Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd (ASX: BHP - "BHP Billiton") is proposing further diamond drilling under a Farm-in and Joint…
July 7, 2011 Trevali announces $15 million non-brokered private placement Trevali Mining announced that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 common shares at a price of CDN $1.50 per common share to raise gross proceeds…
July 7, 2011 Trading opportunity seen in zinc and lead: SMC Global Zinc and Lead have shown stunning recovery recently as Greece passed austerity measures but this will be short lived and it is only relief measure because overall euro zone problems…
July 2, 2011 Canadian mining sector has a great April: Statistics Canada Canadian base metal and coal miners were the nation's economic bright spot in April, according to report from Statistics Canada released on Thursday. The study, which looked at gross domestic…
June 24, 2011 Nyrstar formally commences $619mn bid for Breakwater Resources As Nyrstar Resources Canada formally commenced its bid for Breakwater Resources, Breakwater's board declared a special dividend of C$0.50 for its shareholders.
June 22, 2011 Colibri reports more drill results at Ramard; 311 grams per tonne silver, 2% lead, and 3.4% zinc between 37 and 38 meters depth, plus multiple intervals of silver-lead-zinc. Colibri Resource Corporation reports final results from a 2400 meter drill program at the Ramard silver project, in Sonora, Mexico. The Ramard property consists of over 4000 hectares of mineral…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
