LME

April 23, 2017

Lead price boost as deficits set to widen

Lead's rally from multi-year lows hit November 2015 were on the back of major zinc-lead mine shutdowns and strong demand from the automotive sector, responsible for the bulk of demand.
December 18, 2016

Zinc producer Nyrstar sells some mining assets to Glencore for $26m

Zinc producer Nyrstar (EBR:NYR) is moving ahead with its plans to move away from mining by offloading a multimetallic mine in Peru and various claims in Quebec to subsidiaries of Glencore (LON:GLEN).
September 28, 2015

Zinc scrapes 5-year low

Zinc, until recently an outlier in a basket of depressed mining commodities due to a perceived oncoming shortage, is no longer enjoying that status.