Ireland’s Galmoy zinc-lead mine will begin to shut down their mine over the next three years. It may even happen sooner if the price of zinc drops. The mine, which produces about 70,000 tonnes of zinc metal and 19,000 tonnes of lead metal a year, employs 221 people and will shut down completely in 2011 [...]
Canadian Teck Cominco Ltd. will be closing their Lennard Shelf zinc and lead mine in Australia due to the drop in zinc prices. In 2007 the mine produced 42,100 tonnes of zinc and 12,400 tonnes of lead. The International Lead and Zinc Study Group showed a surplus of 41,000-tonnes of lead for the first half [...]
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