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  • An AI-generated image of the word “Zinc” chiseled onto a metallic rock.

    Tight zinc markets good news for Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    With demand outstripping supply, price for Alaska's highest-valued mined product sets up bright 2025 for 49th State and Red Dog. Rising demand and a three-year-long slide in supply are pushing up the price of zinc, which is good news for zinc-producing jurisdictions like Alaska but not so much for the buyers of this galvanizing metal widely used for renewable energy and transportation infrastructure, automobiles, and a wide array of other applications. Potential supply...

  • Flowers add color to the picturesque Swiss-style alpine Beaver Creek Village.

    Capital as thin as air at Beaver Creek

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 10, 2023

    BEAVER CREEK, COLO. – The thin air at the 8,100-foot elevation of the 2023 Precious Metals Summit at Beaver Creek offers a perfect allegory for the markets faced by the gold and silver mineral exploration companies that summited the Rocky Mountains to connect with investors. Mineral explorers in good financial shape hardly noticed the relatively low concentrations of capital atop Beaver Creek Mountain, those in decent shape may be winded but are hopeful they have enough f...