mines

September 10, 2017

Canada’s Trevali among world’s top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy

Canadian miner Trevali (TSX:TV) reached a milestone Thursday, as it finished the acquisition of majority stakes in Glencore’s (LON:GLEN) Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia and the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso.
December 6, 2016

Top 10 mines riding zinc price wave

With a more than 75% price jump over the year, zinc is the best performing major metal throughout the mineral commodities market.
December 22, 2015

The world’s 10 wettest mines

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that most of the world’s wettest mines are located in a country that’s highly vulnerable to typhoons. The […]
December 19, 2015

The world’s 10 highest mines

ransporting workers and heavy machinery can be a challenge for any mine, but there's one part of the world where mining has a whole other level of complexity: an elevation of more than 4,000 metres.
November 11, 2015

World’s biggest zinc producer exploring total exit from mining

Debt-laden European zinc producer Nyrstar (EBR:NYR) said Monday it plans to raise up to $296 million (€275m) through a share offering to pay down debt and has appointed bankers to explore a total exit from mining.