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Mining news: LEADTokyo Commodity Exchange May List Copper as It Aims for ProfitsTokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. may add copper, zinc, lead and liquefied petroleum gas to its listed products as Japan’s largest raw material bourse aims to boost volumes and return to profit next fiscal year. Where next for the bonus culture?Last year at mining company Xstrata, for example, Mick Davis, the chief executive, was paid a package worth almost £14m - that’s 424 times the average salary paid to Xstrata employees. This inevitably raises questions over whether, in an organisation that employs thousands, any one person can really be worth that kind of pay differential. Silvercorp Metals Inc: measured and indicated silver resources increaseSilvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX: SVM, NYSE Amex: SVM) (’Silvercorp’) is pleased to announce an updated mineral resource estimate for its GC silver-lead-zinc project located in the Mineralization in the GC Project consists of narrow-vein type deposits which Xstrata green light for Tampakan Copper-Gold project boosts Indophil ResourcesXstratas businesses maintain a meaningful position in seven major international commodity markets: copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, nickel, vanadium and zinc, with additional exposures to platinum group metals, gold, cobalt, lead and Measured and Indicated Silver Resources Increase by 250 pct at Silvercorp’s GC Silver-Zinc-Lead ProjectSilvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX:SVM - News)(AMEX:SVM - News) (’Silvercorp’) is pleased to announce an updated mineral resource estimate for its GC silver-lead-zinc project located in the Guangdong Province, Southern China. The updated mineral resource Klondike Silver Corp. Samples 420 g/t Silver, 34.0 pct Zinc and 3.7 pct Lead on Silverton Creek Property- Klondike Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:KS - News; the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce recent exploration programs have discovered new silver-rich prospects while also confirming the potential of targets similar to past-producing mines within the Slocan Kosovo urged to rehouse Roma, away from lead mineA human rights group urged Kosovo authorities on Wednesday to resettle some 700 Roma people living near the country’s largest lead and zinc mine, saying pollution from it was stunting some children’s growth. Klondike Silver Corp. Samples 351 g/t Silver, 10.29 pct Lead, and 8.1 pct Zinc in Jackson Basin- Klondike Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:KS - News; the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that recent exploration programs have discovered new silver-rich prospects while also confirming the potential of targets similar to past-producing mines within the SILVER EXPLORATION: Klondike to test former Silvana mineRelated Items Companies Articles Exploration North America BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver’s Klondike Silver is preparing to test mine the former Silvana silver-zinc-lead mine 50 km northwest of Nelson. A program of underground rehabilitation is underway on Bayswater Intersects 9.5 pct Zinc and 3.3 pct Lead over 1.8 m in Drill Hole at Avoca, IrelandBayswater Uranium Corporation recently presented an update of its Avoca project. The Avoca project consists of approximately 7,300 hectares of land prospective for base metals in southeastern Ireland, and is 100% owned by Bayswater Uranium. The property LME Lead and Zinc stocks sucked into ChinaLead and zinc prices have been in thrall to copper in April and early May, with prices trading wildly in $350/t ranges. LME three-month lead started April at approximately $1,250/t before reaching a six-month high of $1,520/t on 16th April. It stood at Doe Run halts production at La Oroya copper/lead/zinc smelterDoe Run Peru, the country’s fourth largest metals exporter, said on Tuesday it will halt all operations at its sprawling La Oroya smelter on Wednesday because financial and environmental setbacks have prevented it from buying concentrates. The plant, Chinese silver sector urges reinstatement of export tax rebateHong Kong (Platts)–1Jun2009 Six major Chinese silver producers are urging China’s Ministry of Commerce to either reinstate the export tax rebate for silver, or scrap the value-added tax now imposed on imported lead/silver concentrate, to help alleviate Doe Run shares its view of the lead marketAccording to Doe Run’s Jose Hansen, ”Over the last 50 years, lead production and consumption has trended upward, even though end-use markets have changed over time. The demand is primarily influenced by China, the largest consumer of lead, and the fastest-growing economy, which affects the world’s marketplace. As these areas continue to develop, the infrastructure being [...] Silvermex Makes Strategic Acquisition of Neighbouring Rosario Silver Mine- Silvermex Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SMR) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Silvermex’) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Aurcana Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AUN) (’Aurcana’) to acquire a 100% interest in the silver — gold — lead — zinc Silvermex Makes Strategic Acquisition of Neighbouring Rosario Silver Mine- Silvermex Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SMR) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Silvermex’) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Aurcana Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AUN) (’Aurcana’) to acquire a 100% interest in the silver — gold — lead — zinc Klondike Gold Corp.: Drilling Intersects 155 Meters of ‘Sullivan Horizon’ at Irishman Project- Klondike Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:KG - News; the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce highly encouraging results from a recently drilled hole that intersected 155 meters of the prospective Sullivan horizon at the Irishman Property in southwestern British BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Credit Suisse cuts metals and mining sector to market weight* Credit Suisse global equity strategy: downgrades metals & mining to market weight from overweight (Bangalore Equities Newsroom; +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, MAG Silver Reports Excellent Metallurgical RecoveriesVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - May 20, 2009) - MAG Silver Corp. (TSX:MAG)(NYSE Amex:MVG) (”MAG”) reports on behalf of Minera Juanicipio SA, a 56/44 joint venture between Fresnillo plc (”Fresnillo”) and MAG, preliminary metallurgical results of combined recoveries in the lead, zinc and pyrite (iron) concentrates are: 96% of the Silver; 88% of the Gold; 90% of the Lead and 82% of the Zinc. Conventional selective flotation tests were done on drill core composites grading 812 grams per tonne (g/t) silver; 1.64 g/t gold; 1.86% lead; and 3.17% zinc, with grinding to 80% less than 40 microns, to make lead, zinc and pyrite concentrates (see Table B below). Parameters were similar to those in routine application at the nearby Fresnillo Silver (lead, zinc) Mine, except that the test grind is slightly finer. Peñoles’ Lead/Precious Metals Refinery lifts force majeureFresnillo Plc 28 Grosvenor Street London W1K 4QR United Kingdom www.fresnilloplc.com 20 May 2009 Fresnillo plc, the world’s largest primary silver producer and Mexico’s second largest gold producer, has been advised by Peñoles that it has lifted the |
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