New York to be Testing Ground for Zinc-air Battery Technology
Eos Energy Storage and New York's Con Edison have teamed up to test a new zinc-air battery that Eos claims can provide grid-scale energy storage at "unprecedentedly" low prices.
Galvanizing Steel with Zinc
Using zinc to galvanize steel is an effective and economical way to improve the performance of steel and ensure its longevity.
PROJECT UPDATE: Trevali Receives Operations Permit for Caribou Mine, Concentrate Plant
Trevali Mining is now in possession of an operations permit for its Caribou mine and concentrate plant, situated in New Brunswick's Bathurst Mining Camp.
Zinc Producers End Q1 2013 on a Positive Note
Some Peruvian projects have been affected by local troubles, but zinc miners on the whole look strong.
Company News
Tinka’s New Drill Results Indicate Strong Zinc Mineralization
Tinka Resources Ltd. (TSXV:TK) provided the results from holes A13-04 and A13-05, located at its Peru-based Ayawilca project, commenting that it drilled 60 meters of 7.75-percent zinc (including 24 meters of 13.85-percent zinc and 46.5 g/t silver) and 29 meters of 7.05-percent zinc.
Donner Releases High-grade Drill Results from McLeod Deep
Donner Metals Ltd. (TSXV:DON) announced that drill results from the McLeod Deep Zone, released by its partner and project operator, Glencore Xstrata plc (LSE:GLEN), include 9.49-percent zinc, 1.75-percent copper, 52.96-percent silver and 1.03 g/t gold over 34.8 meters.
Trevali Mining Corporation Enters Into Letter of Engagement with Dundee Securities Ltd.
Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV,LMA:TV,OTCQX:TREVF,FWB4TI) entered into a letter of engagement with Dundee Securities Ltd. Dundee has agreed to purchase a bought-deal private placement basis of 16,667,000 common shares for total gross proceeds of $10,000,200, at a price of $0.60 per share.
Trevali Mining Announces Updates on Santander Mine and Senior Management Appointments
Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV,LMA:TV,OTCQX:TREVF,FWB:4TI) provided a production update on its Santander Mine in Peru, and announced changes to its management team . The Company expects to commence crushing rock, to fill the base of the Fine Mill Feed Bin, over the next several days with mineralized material processing and production to follow thereafter.
Company Videos
INN Video: Steve Stakiw of Trevali Mining on the Santander Mine in Peru and Halfmile Project in New Brunswick
Trevali Mining (TSX:TV) VP Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Steve Stakiw spoke with the Investing News Network at PDAC in Toronto on milestones in 2013 and on zinc fundamentals looking very bullish due to a crunch in supply.
INN Video: Matthew Ford of Zazu Metals on a Positive Year for Zinc
Zazu Metals (TSX:ZAZ) President Matthew Ford spoke with the Investing News Network during PDAC in Toronto on Alaska as a great mining jurisdiction because it has a "very resource-focused economy."
INN Video: John Kearney of Canadian Zinc on the Positive Outlook for Zinc Over the Next Two to Three Years
Canadian Zinc (TSX:CZN) Chairman and CEO, John Kearney, spoke with the Investing News Network during PDAC in Toronto on the positive outlook for zinc over the next two to three years.
Market News
Positive Zinc Outlook Threatened by New Mines
MetalBulletin reported that BNP Paribas' Stephen Briggs believes that while zinc is widely thought to have a positive medium-term outlook, that is "tending to disappear" as pipeline projects replace recently closed zinc mines.
Zinc Price Up 0.6 Percent
FastMarkets reported that zinc is up about 0.6 percent, noting that in the sell off that has taken place recently it is the only metal that has breached the low that it hit in April.
LME Zinc Inventories Boosted to 1,120,900 Tonnes
MetalBulletin reported that London Metal Exchange warehouses received large deliveries of zinc, with a delivery of 92,000 tonnes in Antwerp bringing the port's total zinc inventories up to 192,875 tonnes.
SHFE Zinc Prices Kept Up by Chinese Trading Data, LME Prices
Shanghai Metals Market reported that SHFE zinc prices moved higher after Chinese April trading data boosted the Shanghai Composite Index. SHFE zinc prices later fell, only to rebound on the back of rising LME zinc prices.
