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Interview: Peeyush Varshney of Canada Zinc Metals (TSXV:CZX)
Zinc, the fourth most used metal on the planet trailing only iron, aluminum and copper, has a worldwide annual production of roughly ten million tonnes. Zinc’s primary use is in the galvanizing process of steel and in making alloys including brass and bronze. Although zinc...
Interview: John Barry of Rathdowney Resources (TSXV:RTH)
Are we on the cusp of a zinc shortage? Around the world, almost 2.4 million tonnes per year of zinc mine production will close between 2011 and 2016. The Skorpion mine in Namibia, the Tara and Lisheen mines in Ireland, the Perseverance and Brunswick mines in Canada and the Cerro Lindo operation in Peru, and several others,...
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Uranium mines in general are very difficult to bring on at the best of times, and now with lower uranium prices, we're seeing cancellations and delays as new projects are becoming uneconomic. As a result, (inaudible) could face significant supply ...and more » Read more...
Examples of this include: a 10-year royalty holiday on new precious and base metal mines to grow this underdeveloped part of the industry; a corporate office incentive in potash to help attract head office jobs to the province; and the establishment of ...and more » Read more...
Weaker mineral prices hit mining companies. The Lima Stock Exchange's General Index fell 0.58% to end at 20501.81. The blue-chip Selective Index ended 0.51% lower at 29620.56. Base metals mining company Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO) dropped 1.09% to end ...and more » Read more...
| TORONTO May 18 (Reuters) - Canadian base metals miner Inmet Mining Corp closed a $1.5 billion debt offer on Friday with the proceeds of the deal to be used to fund the construction of its Cobre Panama copper-gold project in Central America. Read more...
Coal miners to strike for 7 full days starting late next week * BHP calls for a resolution, says action "unnecessary" * Union says BHP "out of touch with its workforce" PERTH, May 18 (Reuters) - Workers at global miner BHP Billiton's Bowen Basin mines ...and more » Read more...
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