The European Commission has cleared commodities trading group Trafigura's minority holding in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar. In November, Trafigura told the EC its minority 20.02% stake in Nyrstar -- held through its ...
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The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a global, third party certification for textiles and apparel that ensures these products are tested for more than 300 substances used in textile production that are considered to be dangerous to human health. ...
Global demand for refined lead metal exceeded supply by 22,000 mt in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the International Lead & Zinc Study Group. "Overall global demand for refined lead metal increased by 4.5%. This was ...
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China Nonferrous Metal, or NFC, announced plans Thursday to build an 8 million mt/year lead and zinc project in North Sumatra, Indonesia, with Russia's Metals of Eastern Siberia Corp., or MBC. "On October 22, NFC and MBC inked the Dairi ...
Tags: Zinc Project, Nonferrous Metal
Xstrata Zinc announced plans to increase ore production by a further 33% to 1.6 million tonnes per annum at its high-grade Lady Loretta mine in north-west Queensland, Australia. The greenfield underground zinc-lead-silver Lady Loretta mine ...
Tags: Xstrata Zinc, ore production, mine, mining