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…

July 22, 2011

Salazar reports gold-silver mineralogical study of El Domo VMS deposit

Salazar Resources Ltd. CA:SRL +2.38% (frankfurt:CCG) - Mr. Fredy Salazar, President and CEO, is pleased to provide an update on the progress of a precious metals mineralogical study of the…

July 22, 2011

Azimut discovers a new copper-molybdenum zone at Rex, Nunavik, Quebec

Azimut Exploration Inc ("Azimut" or "the Company") (TSXV: AZM) announces the discovery of a new mineralized 1.5-km-long copper-molybdenum zone on its 100% owned Rex property in Nunavik, northern Quebec. This…

July 22, 2011

Paradigm Metals Limited (ASX:PDM) discovered more copper-silver at Frogmore Project

Paradigm Metals Limited (ASX:PDM) is pleased to report further reverse circulation (RC) drill hole intersections of copper-silver at the Company's 100%-owned Frogmore project, EL 6590, New South Wales. Frogmore is…