July 27, 2011 Xstrata to build new zinc mine Xstrata Zinc has announced construction will begin immediately to develop the $246 million Lady Loretta mineral deposit located 140 kilometres north west of Mount Isa.
July 26, 2011 Uranium exploration hotspots Uranium exploration may be described as a combination of science and art with many projects designed from geological concepts and broader based reflections involving a variety of field and laboratory…
July 26, 2011 Undersea mining moving forward: DFI releases world’s first marine NI 43-101 The race to mine the seafloor took another step forward today. Diamond Fields International said it has completed the world's first NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for its Atlantis II…
July 26, 2011 Xstrata Zinc to develop Lady Loretta deposit in AUD246m project Xstrata Zinc announces the commencement of construction to develop the high grade zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta deposit in north-west Queensland, Australia, as a new greenfield underground mine.
July 25, 2011 Sterlite Industries (India): Metal production up 4% in Q1 Sterlite Industries (India) Limited (SIIL) today announced its unaudited consolidated results for the first quarter (“Q1”) ended 30 June 2011.
July 25, 2011 Canada makes a deal a day as mining M&A head towards $200 billion The value of mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector more than doubled to $96.3 billion in the first six months of the year and could top $200 billion for…
July 24, 2011 Metals-Energy Update: Zinc shines; gold and silver looks promising At the beginning of the week, commodity markets the world over were eying the Euro summit. At MCX, speculations of a failure saw precious metal prices rise whereas the base…
July 23, 2011 Thundermin executes formal agreement to earn a 100 pct interest in a large portion of the stirling zinc Thundermin Resources Inc. ("Thundermin") (TSX:THR) announces that it has executed a formal agreement (the "Agreement") with two vendors (the "Vendors") giving Thundermin the right to acquire a 100% interest in…
July 23, 2011 Zinc tungstate nanorods show promise as higher-capacity anode materials for Li-ion batteries Researchers in S. Korea have synthesized a divalent wolframite-structure zinc tungstate (ZnWO4) in the form of one-dimensional nanorods; used as anode material in Li-ion batteries, the nanorods deliver reversibly sustained…
July 22, 2011 Lundin revises production downward after hitting poor grades at Neves Corvo Neves Corvo, Ludin Mining's copper-zinc mine located in Portugal, will produce 4,000 tonnes less copper and 19,000 tonnes less of zinc in 2011. The cash cost of production at the…
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
