Articles Tagged "Copper"

Trevali Mining Corp. – North and South American Silver-Lead-Zinc Deposits

Trevali Mining Corp. (TSE:TV,FSE:4TI,OTCQX:TREVF) is a mineral development company focusing its exploration activities in under explored, proven polymetallic belts.Trevali is committed to environmental and health and safety management as well as respecting the values and interests of the people and communities in the regions they work.

Constantine Intersects 3.1% Copper Over 4.2 Meters

Constantine Metal Resources (CVE:CEM) reports results for the first three drill holes for the 2010 drill program. The Project, which hosts a 4.12 million tonne inferred resource grading 2.01% copper, 4.79% zinc, 0.30 g/t gold and 31 g/t silver (using an NSR cut-off of US$75/t), is located in a very accessible part of southeast Alaska with good [...]

Excalibur Resources Begins Exploration Program at Sturgeon Lake

Excalibur Resources reports the ongoing exploration program at Sturgeon Lake, northwestern Ontario. Excalibur’s Sturgeon Lake property is directly along strike and to the east of 6 VMS deposits that were mined between 1970 and 1991. A total of 19 million tonnes of ore was mined from these 6 VMS deposits with typical grades of 9% zinc, 1.5% copper, [...]

Market sentiment wins in price tug-of-war

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Positive sentiment that spread through the markets during the week edged up most of the base metals. The U.K. benchmark FTSE 100 Index jumped 0.9 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed 2.7 per cent higher in Tokyo.  Pessimistic data still came out of [...]

Zinc rates cut while lead is held steady

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News In their bi-weekly price review, Hindustan Zinc Limited announced that effective Saturday, it had cut its prices of zinc, but held lead rates steady.  Zinc prices will drop by Rs 800 per tonne, to 68,900; whereas lead maintained its 70,200 per tonne level. Lead prices have remained strong [...]

Output cuts extend through lead and zinc industry

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News The global financial crisis and sharp falls in metals prices have forced several companies to abandon or put on hold their plans to bring new mines on-stream. Some existing producers have also shut down or curtailed output at mines and plants as high costs and low prices [...]

Survival of the fittest for lead and zinc miners

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc investing News For the first quarter of 2009, the mantra of many lead and zinc miners is “survival”.  After the price crash of 2008, many miners have gone underwater. This is forcing cutbacks, closures, acquisitions, and even some bankruptcies. There is no question that prices will rebound as commodity cycles are [...]

Will zinc production boomerang prices?

By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News On the London Metal Exchange (LME), zinc prices have nearly halved to $1,198 a tonne from the end of 2007; last Thursday, lead fell to a two-year low in London. After reductions in automobile production, both General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co cut vehicle production [...]