October 5, 2022 Site visit: Bunker Hill Mining on a fast track to generating cash flow by Q3/23 The legacy Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine in Shoshone County, Idaho, is set for a near-term revival with proponent Bunker Hill Mining (CSE: […]
October 5, 2022 Glencore to place Nordenham zinc smelter on care and maintenance The smelter produces around 165,000 tonnes of zinc and zinc alloys per year, according to its website.
October 4, 2022 Nyrstar’s Port Pirie lead smelter to shut for 55 days The planned suspension will allow the company to improve emissions and operational performance.
October 3, 2022 Mitsui Mining expects H2 zinc output to rise 0.2% Japan's biggest zinc smelter plans to produce 110,800 tonnes of refined zinc in the second half of the 2022/23 financial year.
September 30, 2022 NorZinc agrees on sale to shareholder RCF, gets funding for Prairie Creek in Northwest Territories Located in traditional Dene territory, about 200 km west of Fort Simpson, the Prairie Creek property is home to what is regarded as one of Canada's next large high-grade zinc-lead-silver mines.
September 29, 2022 Glencore reviews lead operations at Italian plant due to high power prices Glencore put zinc sulphide operations at the Portovesme plant on care and maintenance in November 2021, but continued production of zinc recycling and lead.
September 28, 2022 Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.
September 27, 2022 Finland plans new tax on mining Finland has thus far not collected taxes on minerals but the government now proposes introducing a royalty of 0.6% on the taxable value of metallic minerals.
September 26, 2022 NorZinc completes permitting process for Prairie Creek mine in NWT NorZinc has now received a new water licence from the government of Northwest Territories for an expanded 2,400 t/d mine plan.
September 23, 2022 Trevali to close Burkina Faso zinc mine after deadly flood A court in Burkina Faso last week handed out suspended sentences to two executives after finding them guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the flood disaster.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
