Vedanta Resources in US$8.8 billion India expansion
Having received the go-ahead from India’s supreme court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant…
Zinc-Lead
Ivernia sees end to Magellan shutdown (August 14, 2008)
Ivernia’s (IVW-T) Magellan lead mine in Western Australia is still on care and maintenance but the company says it …
Pebble Creek Mining tables Askot resource estimate, applies for potash permits in India
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) has released a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship project, t…
SRA plans pilot germanium/gallium plant
Processing germanium and gallium from zinc leachate could earn Strategic Resource Acquisition Corp. (SRZ-T) a bonus operating profit of US$25 million a year on top of zinc income, a new scoping study …
More zinc for Lundin
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) has hit upon a new zinc-copper discovery at its Neves-Corvo mine, in southern Portugal, that could well be the largest deposit at the project, the company says.
Thumbs up for Silver Eagle’s Miguel Auza mine
The fully permitted Miguel Auza mine, which generated its first revenue for Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) during a bulk-sampling program last year, shows promising economics according to a prefe…
Tough quarter for HudBay
Lower zinc prices took their toll on HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) second-quarter earnings.
Olympic power rationing hits Silvercorp
Vancouver – Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing…
Teck and Xstrata close Lennard Shelf mine
Teck Cominco (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) are closing the Lennard Shelf Pillara zinc-lead mine in Western Australia, because it is no longer economic.
Hudbay down with lower zinc prices
Lower zinc prices took their toll on HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) second quarter earnings.The company’s results showed…
Lydian gets good results in Kosovo
The Drazhnje project in Kosovo has yielded Lydian International (LYD-T) its best drill results yet and the market t…
More intercepts for Mexoro (July 28, 2008)
Vancouver – Thanks to an infusion of cash from Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T) this spring, Mexoro Minerals (MXOM…