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 [...]
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Zinc Investing News Australia’s carbon tax program may force miners into bankruptcy. Nyrstar, the countries largest zinc and lead miner, issued a response to the governments proposed taxation scheme. Chief Operating Officer Greg McMillan said modeling prepared for the company showed that the taxation would cost the company $70 [...]
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Congress is divided over the proposed 700 million dollar bailout plan that is being promoted as a solution to the current stock market crisis. This morning’s vote was only supposed to take a few moments, but it has been plagued with arguments and dissent as both sides struggle to come to an agreement about the [...]
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Daniella D’Alimonte At US$0.76 per pound, zinc has made a slight recovery over the last week after it dropped to an over two and a half year low of US$0.73 earlier this month. BHP Billiton Ltd., which currently sits at around US$58 per pound (NYSE PLC), has been in the news for some time [...]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
By Daniella D’Alimonte – Exclusive to ZincInvestingNews.com Australia’s mining sector has been protected during the downward flux in the economy by the high prices for iron ore, gold and coal. However, the hapless U.S dollar is causing hardship for the country’s mining sector as commodities such as zinc and nickel continue to struggle. Down 6.5 [...]
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Overview Tirex Resources is the first explorer to employ modern exploration techniques on the past producing 344 km² Mirdita District in Albania. This large VMS (Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide) District hosts 9 past producing mines, 17 known VMS deposits, and as defined by the first ever geophysical survey, 22 high priority exploration targets. This unique opportunity [...]
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
If you are like many people, the last time you read about commodities in the news was when Bre-X Minerals collapsed in 1997, after news broke that the company had falsified results and the gold they had reported was nowhere to be found. Thousands of investors all over the world lost billions of dollars and [...]
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