Archive for the ‘Zinc’ Category

Zinc-Aluminum Foundry Alloys

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Zinc-Aluminum Foundry Alloys 8, 12 and 27 comprise a new family of zinc casting alloys that have proven themselves in a wide variety of demanding applications. They are engineering materials well suited to applications requiring high as-cast strength, hardness and wear resistance. These three alloys offer designers and casting specifiers ...

Peru Copper exploring second Zn zone at Toromocho

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Vancouver-based Peru Copper (TSX: PCR, Amex: CUP) has started drill testing a second large zinc-copper zone immediately north of its Toromocho orebody, the company said in a statement. Based on sampling of underground workings and very limited drilling in 2004, Peru Copper has identified an exploration target with potential for 125Mt-135Mt ...

Peru’s gold output falls in November

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

Peru's output of gold fell in November, while that of copper, zinc and silver rose in the month, the Energy and Mines Ministry said Friday. Mineral production has become a motor of the Andean nation's economic growth, with a number of new mines opening in recent years. The government said that gold ...

Bateman Engineering secures $408M contract in Zambia

Friday, January 5th, 2007

Bateman Engineering said Monday that the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts with Equinox Minerals Limited for the $408 million Lumwana Project in Zambia has now become effective. The Lumwana Project is one of the largest copper projects to be undertaken on the African continent. The final Notice To Proceed has ...

European Goldfields: Stratoni zinc-lead-silver mine exceeds production target for 2006

Friday, January 5th, 2007

European Goldfields Limited (TSX/AIM: EGU) announced Monday that its subsidiary Hellas Gold S.A. has milled a total of 185,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of ore in 2006 at its Stratoni zinc-lead-silver plant in Northern Greece, exceeding the production target of 170,000 wmt for the year. Ore production rates from underground have ...

Boliden CEO expects 2007 to be good

Friday, January 5th, 2007

Swedish mineral company Boliden, which had record profits in 2006, expects 2007 to be at least as good a year, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports Monday. The paper says that a large part of the production of copper, gold, and silver has been signed up for. "The only thing that's unsecured is ...

LME zinc, nickel and lead drop; volatility expected

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

London Metal Exchange zinc, nickel and lead fell sharply Monday driven by follow-through fund selling and activity ahead of the rebalancing of a major index, with traders expecting price volatility to remain a key feature this week. "We saw a continuation from last week's sell-off" in Monday's drop, said a LME ...

Luoping Zinc IPO in Shenzhen

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Dec. 25 stated that CSRC approved the IPO application from Yunnan Luoping Zinc & Electricity Co., Ltd (Luoping Zinc). Luoping Zinc plans to issue 30 million shares on Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Net asset per share ended Jun.30 2006 was RMB2.8 (35 US cents). Yunnan-based Luoping Zn ...

Teck Cominco raises stake in ZincOx Resources

Friday, December 15th, 2006

ZincOx Resources PLC Tuesday announced that Teck Cominco Limited, a zinc miner, has agreed to subscribe for 2,040,690 new ordinary shares of ZincOx at GBP2.65 per share, together with the same number of warrants exercisable within one year at GBP3.30 per share. On completion of the placement, Teck Cominco's interest in ...

Zinifex shares up despite mine shutdown

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Zinifex Ltd has warned that an unplanned shutdown at its Century mine will eat into revenue this year, but its shares rose as the market anticipated the disruption to zinc supplies. Investors predicted that the forecast blip in the supply of zinc from the shutdown would push up prices of the ...