July 22, 2022

Pan American Silver drills best intercept to date at La Colorada Skarn

The best result was an intercept of 295.5 metres at 234 g/t silver, 6.36% lead and 5.72% zinc.

July 22, 2022

LME says EU sanctions on Russian metals baron do not apply to UMMC

The EU added Andrei Kozitsyn, former head of Urals Mining and Metals Co, to its list of individuals and companies banned for supporting the invasion of Ukraine.

July 21, 2022

Hindustan Zinc weighs expansion to tap opportunities in Europe

The expansion could potentially involve international zinc assets held by the company’s parent Vedanta.

July 20, 2022

Europe’s power crunch cuts zinc and aluminum capacity in half

A further surge in power prices could knock more plants offline over winter, the region’s biggest metal producers warned.

July 13, 2022

Osisko Metals updates Pine Point PEA, showing robust zinc project in Northwest Territories

Over a projected 12-year mine life, Pine Point is expected to produce an annual average of 329 million lb. zinc and 141 million lb. lead.

July 13, 2022

Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices

Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.

July 11, 2022

China stimulus unlikely to reverse global metals meltdown

Commodity investors looking to China to reverse the severe rout in global metals markets may be disappointed.

July 8, 2022

Microwaves efficiently extract manganese, zinc from spent batteries

A distributed recycling system that uses microwave heating may be a more efficient mechanism for extracting metals from old alkaline batteries.

July 5, 2022

Nexa announces Aripuanã zinc mine ramp up

The mine is currently Nexa’s largest investment in Brazil and one of the few zinc projects in the world.

July 4, 2022

Metals melt down as recession fears overwhelm supply woes

Industrial metals have gone from boom to bust in the space of only three months, writes Andy Home.