November 25, 2008

SILVER-LEAD-ZINC DEVELOPMENT: Water leak continues to plague Platosa

and all underground activity was halted at the project in Durango. There were no injuries and the mobile equipment was removed. The mine is not very deep, but the company…

November 21, 2008

Zinc production costs fall

A further 5,800 t of zinc concentrate from Terramin Australia’s Angas mine sailed from Port Adelaide on the weekend. The shipment has an estimated net realisable value of $2.2 million…

November 7, 2008

BioteQ Starts Commissioning New Plant in Colorado

BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc. a leader in the treatment of metal and sulphate contaminated water, has commenced commissioning of a new water […]

October 17, 2008

Teck’s Huge Red Dog Zinc Mine in Alaska has Purchased Two M3000, 1.5MW IsaMillsTM

Red Dog Chief Metallurgist, Brigitte Lacouture said Red Dog needed additional regrinding capacity to treat harder ore from the Aqqaluk deposit. Red […]

October 3, 2008

Ausmelt to Suspend Operations at Whyalla Smelter

Ausmelt Ltd has announced that it will suspend operations at its smelter in Whyalla, South Australia. Managing Director Mr Paul Abbott said […]

August 8, 2008

US Mining Manufacturers go Green with ZA-12 as the Lead Free Bearing Material of Choice

Sleeve bearings three to five times more durable now available for mining and construction equipment. Eastern Alloys Inc. Supplies world class zinc […]

July 20, 2008

Lennard Shelf Operation Ceases Production

Teck Cominco Limited and Xstrata Zinc today announce the closure of the joint venture Lennard Shelf Pillara mine in Western Australia.

June 23, 2008

Tennesee Zinc Mine Installs Large Leaky Feeder Radio System

SRA Corporation is focused on the development of its zinc projects in the state of Tennessee. SRA’s goal to become a major […]

June 8, 2008

Oversupply puts zinc under pressure

Steel-making materials such as iron ore, coking coal and manganese have hit the headlines this year in light of record prices due to a boom in demand from the industrialising…

June 5, 2008

ZINC miner Perilya has reported further copper mineralisation at depth below its main Mount Oxide copper project near Queensland’s Mt Isa with intercepts the miner called “spectacular”.

Diamond drilling hit 22m at 6.3% copper and 0.3% cobalt from 258m, 19m at 3.7% copper from 315m, 31m at 6.2% copper […]