Base Metals Mining

Lead Ore and Zinc Ore Mining

This Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) lead ores, zinc ores, or lead-zinc ores.

• Breakwater Resources Ltd. - Toronto, ON, Canada - Breakwater Resources Ltd. is a mineral resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of base metal and precious metal deposits in the Americas and North Africa. Breakwater has three producing zinc mines: the Myra Falls mine in British Columbia, Canada; the El Mochito mine in Honduras; and the El Toqui mine in Chile.
• Brookmount Explorations Inc. - Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Brookmount Explorations Inc. is a Nevada-registered public company with its base in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Brookmount’s principal resource property is situated in central Peru, 300 kilometres east of Lima along the geological trend hosting the prolific Arequipa Gold Deposit. The area is heavily mineralized, and for many years was an important Gold/Silver/Copper/Zinc-producing area.
• CBH Resources Limited - North Sydney NSW, Australia - CBH Resources Limited is a resource company with an operating base metal (Zn-Pb-Ag) mine at Cobar, new base metal developments at Sulphur Springs (Cu-Zn) and Broken Hill (Zn-Pb-Ag), a concentrate shiploading facility at Newcastle and a major exploration position in four base metal provinces. The Endeavor Mine at Cobar is an underground mine with associated surface facilities with a mine capacity of 1,200,00 tonnes of ore per year to produce around 160,000 tonnes zinc concentrates p.a. and 70,000 tonnes of lead concentrates p.a. containing 80,000 tonnes zinc, and 40,000 tonnes lead and 31,000 kgs silver.
• Kagara Zinc Ltd - Forrestania - Southern Cross Greenstone Belt in Western Australia - Acquired and developed a package of zinc sulphide deposits in the Mt Garnet-Chillagoe area in North Queensland. Mt Garnet Treatment Facility commissioned in 2003. Zinc concentrates trucked to the Sun Metals zinc refinery at Townsville. Long term production base –10 year plus mine life
• Kennecott Minerals Company - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Kennecott Minerals Company, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, develops, manages, operates, and participates in gold, silver, copper, and other base metal operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
• Oxiana Limited - Melbourne VIC Australia - Oxiana is an international mining and exploration company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Oxiana owns and operates the Sepon gold and copper mines in Laos, the Golden Grove base and precious metals operation in Western Australia and is developing the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia. Oxiana is also actively exploring in Laos, Thailand, China, Cambodia and Australia, with a strategy to expand our resource base in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
• Teck Cominco Limited - Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Teck Cominco is a diversified mining company, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The company is a world leader in the production of zinc and metallurgical coal and is also a significant producer of copper, gold, indium, germanium and other metals.
• Votorantim Metais - São Paulo - SP - Brazil - Votorantim Metais’ operations are focused on mining and metallurgy of zinc, nickel and long steel. The company’s activities in these markets are supported by a solid operational structure, which includes eight proprietary plants and mines, located in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás, and in Lima, Peru, which employ more than 7,000 direct workers and 1,500 permanent indirect ones.
• Xstrata Plc. - Zug, Switzerland - Xstrata is a major global diversified mining group, listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges and based in Switzerland. Xstrata manages a diversified portfolio of metals and mining businesses with the single aim of delivering industry-leading returns for shareholders. The Group maintains a meaningful position in six major international commodity markets: copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, vanadium and zinc, with additional exposures to gold, lead and silver. Xstrata's operations span four continents and six countries: Australia, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Argentina and the UK
• Zinifex Limited - MELBOURNE VIC, Australia - Zinifex is one of the world’s largest integrated zinc and lead companies. Zinifex owns and operates two mines in Australia and four smelters: two in Australia, one in the United States and the other in the Netherlands.