Zinc Industry News Headlines

Ukraine: Dneprometiz starts producing galvanized wire
Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Dneprometiz has launched manufacture of galvanized steel wire after reconstruction of the corresponding mill. We have bought new machinery and commissioned it, the sales department specialist Pavel Petrenko has reported. The new machinery allows producing steel wire with zinc coating of A, AB, B, C and D classes in the diameter of 0.8 to 9


Material Matters: Indonesia, Australia & Zinc - ShareCafe
Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Material Matters: Indonesia, Australia & Zinc - ShareCafe


3 Gold Takeaways from Experts During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT
3 Gold Takeaways from Experts During the COVID-19 Outbreak Jay Taylor, Eric Coffin, Gwen Preston and Brien Lundin shared their thoughts on gold, the coronavirus and more in a...


Mining News - Red Dog bans mine to NANA region travel
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:54:00 GMT
Teck Resource Ltd. March 23 announced temporary ban on travel from the Red Dog Mine to communities in the NANA region of Northwest Alaska where the world-class zinc mine is located. These restrictions on travel come at a time when NANA Corp., as well as other Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) corporations are looking at ways to prevent COVID-19 from reaching their regions and villages....


MCX-Zinc continues to consolidate
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:19:01 GMT
Akhil Nallamuthu The March futures contract of Zinc mini on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has been in a consolidation phase for the past two weeks, fluctuating between 150 and 158. But the major trend remains bearish and the price stays below the 21-day moving average, giving it a bearish bias. Unless the contract gets out ...


Zinc 2020 benchmark smelter terms may already be outdated: Andy ...
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
This years benchmark zinc smelter treatment charges have been set at a 12-year high of $299.75 per tonne, according to Fastmarkets. This is not surprising. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.


Zinc Exploration in the Mining-friendly Jurisdiction of Spain
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Merida believes that current commodity supply, metal prices, grade, and technological advances since the 1990s make PBR an attractive exploration and development project. We plan to leverage this historical database as we further develop the PBR project in an upcoming property-wide exploration program in 2020, said Brewster. Zincs ...


Commodity madness upends the global order
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 03:19:01 GMT
Some fundamental global shifts are in play here: oil prices are crashing, zinc and tin (reflecting global industrial demand) are back to where they were in 2010, yet gold and rhodium are surging. This shows the skittishness of the world right now. This is reflected in the Bloomberg Commodity Index, a basket of 22 commodity futures in seven sectors.


Zinc and COVID-19: Whos Reacting and How
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
How are zinc companies reacting to the COVID ... have an unprecedented impact on markets worldwide, and the commodities space is one sector thats been hit hard. While base metals have faced less volatility than precious metals, the effect of the outbreak has been immediate. Prices for base meals are trending down, and forecasts made ...


Lundin Gold Temporarily Halts Production at Fruta del Norte
Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Lundin Gold Temporarily Halts Production at Fruta del Norte Days after releasing a COVID-19 update noting that it was carefully monitoring the situation, Lundin Gold is temporarily halting operations...


RPT-COLUMN-Funds hammer zinc as coronavirus compounds weak outlook: ...
Sun, 22 Mar 2020 19:19:01 GMT
The spread of the coronavirus has hit the entire London Metal Exchange (LME) base metals complex as fears grow over the demand shock travelling out from China. Zinc has been hit the hardest of all. At a current $2,


China commodity exchanges act to contain virus-driven volatility
Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
(Adds new trading margins and limits for ShFE aluminium, zinc, lead and INE rubber from March ... in everything from eggs to gold in the worlds biggest commodities consumer. CRUDE OIL/RUBBER * The Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE), responding to a collapse in global oil prices, raised the trading margin on its crude oil futures ...


Coronavirus, US-China trade negotiations to keep base metal prices ...
Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:19:01 GMT
Prices may gradually improve as the pandemic is contained and the second phase of US-China trade negotiations is concluded, the rating agency said in a statement. As part of its study, the agency has covered the copper, zinc, aluminium and coal sectors.


VIDEO Open Mineral: Coronavirus Will Profoundly Affect Copper ...
Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
VIDEO Open Mineral: Coronavirus Will Profoundly Affect Copper, Zinc in Q1 Speaking about the outlook for base metals, Ryan Cochrane of Open Mineral shared how the situation has changed since the...


MCX-Zinc in a sideways range
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:19:00 GMT
The March futures contract of Zinc mini on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX ... On the other hand, if the bears regain traction and the price breaks below 151, it can decline to 143 and 140. In the past week, the three-month rolling forward contract of Zinc on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was fluctuating in a sideways ...


Fade Coronavirus With BHP Group - A Scale-Down Opportunity In ...
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:19:00 GMT
Commodity prices are now falling, and the potential for more selling will rise with the number ... It explores, develops and produces oil and gas and mines copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, gold, iron ore, and metallurgical and energy coal. It also produces, smelts, and refines nickel. The Australian company sits in a favorable ...


Funds hammer zinc as coronavirus compounds weak outlook: Andy ...
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:19:00 GMT
The big commodity banks have had it in for zinc ... All the funds betting on lower zinc prices better hope this is a true signal rather than a hall-of-mirrors LME stocks reflection.


Funds hammer zinc as coronavirus compounds weak outlook: Andy ...
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 03:19:02 GMT
ACCELERATING THE BEAR NARRATIVE Unfortunately for the zinc price, Chinas producers are likely to return to normal operations before the downstream sector, meaning further increases in both visible exchange and off-market inventory in the country. The big commodity banks have had it in for zinc for many months basis a storyline of a market ...


Trevali Issues Statement on Government Declaration of National ...
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Trevali Issues Statement on Government Declaration of National Emergency in Peru; Santander Mine Continues to Operate - Junior Mining Network


Russia: MMK-Metiz launches new galvanizing line
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT
MMK-Metiz is commissioning a new continuous hot galvanizing line for wire with diameter of 1 to 4.5 mm. Under the program, to modernize galvanizing manufacture the company also intends to reconstruct its existing galvanizing line. A new cooling system will be installed. Moreover, the company plans to start producing zinc-coated wire with shiny surface. The


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