Teck Cominco and Xstrata will close their Joint Venture Pillara mine in Western Australia due to declining lead and zinc prices. Miner Xstrata was quoted as saying: The rise in the value of the Australian dollar plus higher energy and labour costs at the mine had also contributed to the loss of economic viability of [...]
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008