Zinc Investing News
|
|
Fed announcement spurs zinc, bypasses lead
The Fed’s announcement to purchase treasuries sent lead and zinc on their largest ascent in two months. Fed officials voted on March 18 to buy Treasury and mortgage bonds in an effort to revive America’s economy, lifting stocks as well as commodities.
China to force out lead and zinc juniors?
Monday, March 16, 2009
Chinese lead and zinc refineries are interested in integration and expansion, but not mergers or acquisitions. The Chinese government showed its support by providing a plan to encourage the non-ferrous industries to restructure and integrate. The government has also mentioned that it wants to support the industry’s larger companies, even if it is at the expense of smaller ones.
Lead and zinc fundamentals diverge
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Lead and zinc prices both started 2009 strongly, but as the year has progressed lead’s better near term fundamentals have led it to continue as the more robust of the two metals. Zinc stocks on the London Metal Exchange have consistently risen; through the month of January alone stocks climbed nearly 35 percent to end at 345,275 tonnes.
Market sentiment wins in price tug-of-war
Monday, March 2, 2009
Positive sentiment that spread through the markets during the week edged up most of the base metals. Zinc climbed the most in two weeks after China’s stockpiling agency bought metal from domestic smelters, reducing supply.
Farallon Mining shipped Zinc Concentrate to Teck Smelter
Fri, Jul 3, 2009
<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Farallon Mining Ltd. has shipped its first [...]
Morgan Stanley: China will become net zinc exporter
Fri, Jul 3, 2009
China may become a net exporter of zinc beginning this year as smelters step up production on higher prices. For full story, click here
Binani Zinc has planned to treble capacity by ‘11
Fri, Jul 3, 2009
The country’s second leading zinc producer, Binani Zinc Ltd (BZL), a Rs 300 crore Braj Binani Group enterprise, is planning to almost treble zinc production capacity to capitalise surging metal’s consumption in infrastructure. For full story, click here
China’s Zinc Market has moved up
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
China’s Yunnan Luoping Zinc & Electricity Co. has planned to expand its zinc smelting capacity by 50% to 120,000 metric tons a year in July. For full story, click here
Miners have sought Salvation in High Grades, Low Overhead
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
With base metals prices struggling to rebound from last year’s plunge, miners are shaving costs to the bone and becoming more picky about the quality of ore they mine as they try to ensure profits. For full story, click here
Canadian Zinc declared Vatukoula Gold Mine surged production
Wed, Jun 24, 2009
Canadian Zinc Corp. declared that Vatukoula Gold Mines plc, in which it holds a 20 per cent stake, has reported a surge in gold output for its quarter ended May 31. For full story, click here
Korean Stocks closed at 2.8%
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Korean stocks has closed 2.8 percent lower yesterday as overnight U.S. tumbles prompted a foreign selling spree. For full story, click here
Zinc Futures have been marginally on surge on firm global cues
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Zinc futures have traded a shade higher in early trade on the Multi Commodity Exchange today as traders created fresh positions, buoyed by a firming trend in metal prices globally. For full story, click here
- Of shaky zinc prices and acquisition plans (2)
- Zinc Investing News - Investing Glossary (1)
- Tech Comnico evaluating Wind power for zinc facility (1)
- Commodity sell-off affects zinc & lead (1)
- Zinc stable despite RAB hedge-fund woes (1)
- Caribou mine close to achieving recovery targets (1)
- China to force out lead and zinc juniors? (1)
- More weakness is predicted in Zinc price (1)
- Zinc this week (1)
- Zinc prices on upswing with fresh demand from steel companies (1)
-
australia
China
close
commodities
commodity
concentrate
Copper
cut
demand
fall
futures
gold
hindustan
hudbay
investment
investors
lead
LME
market
metal
metals
mine
minerals
miners
mines
Mining
nyrstar
operations
output
oz
peru
price
prices
production
profit
project
resources
results
shanghai
shares
smelters
trend
xstrata
zinc
zinc prices
Asides 
Sometra SA, a Romanian metals company controlled by Athens based metals and energy group Mytilineos Holdings SA, needs further gains in zinc prices before restarting its Copsa Mica zinc and lead smelter.
For full story, click here
For upcoming zinc investing trade shows, see the following links: Cambridgehouse, IIC, Chicago Resource Expo
ZincInvestingNews.com maintains a focus on Zinc exploration and investment opportunities. For broader Natural Resource Investing, see ResourceInvestingNews.com.
The Zinc Investing Glossary: This glossary covers investing in junior resource companies. For the experienced investor or the newbie, you should find everything you need here. If not, let us know and we’ll research and add what you’re looking for.
Latest Videos
Categories
- Featured Article (8)
- lead articles (2)
- Podcasts (1)
- Services (2)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Zinc Articles (31)
- Zinc Company News (246)
- Zinc Market News (171)
- Zinc Projects (1)
Archives
- July 2009 (3)
- June 2009 (34)
- May 2009 (35)
- April 2009 (54)
- March 2009 (46)
- February 2009 (41)
- 2009 (235)
- 2008 (227)
Copyright © 2009 Dig Media Inc.
Monday, March 23, 2009
1 Comment