Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B) is reporting four high-grade undersea copper-gold-zinc finds on licences held by exploration partner Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS) off the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga.
Seventeen samples from the four newly discovered massive sulphide systems returned an average grade of 16.4 grams per tonne gold, 8.2 per cent copper, 12.3 per cent zinc [...]

Copper rallied to a one-week high on Monday as the U.S. dollar fell against the euro and as stocks fell in Asian warehouses, suggesting a pickup of demand in top consumer China.
Lead rose to its highest level in two weeks and zinc reached a one-week peak as metals rebounded from last week’s sell-off.
Copper for delivery [...]

TORONTO (Reuters) - Investors looking for Canadian stock bargains will find cut-rate prices in the base metals space, but analysts caution that a rebound may take a while, as sluggish demand could continue pressure metal prices.
Mining stocks have been a key driver behind the S&P/TSX composite index’s140 percent rise over the past six years. The [...]

Glamour mid tier zinc-lead and copper miner Kagara Zinc now has a major project in its home state of Western Australia – after announcing a large resource and a positive scoping study at Admiral Bay.
A big mineral deposit at Admiral Bay, about 250 kilometres south of the pearl farming and tourist centre of Broome in [...]

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The outlook is darkening for metals producers, following news that another mining operation has fallen prey to the twin pressures of high energy costs and sliding metals prices.
The weaker tone in the U.S. dollar and strength in other commodities has lifted New York copper futures to their strongest level in 2 1/2 weeks, [...]

Press Release
Source: China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc.
Thursday August 7, 8:30 am ET
– Copper and Zinc Concentrates Maintain Good Production in Xinjiang –
BEIJING, Aug. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. (Amex: SHZ - News; “China Shen Zhou”, or “the Company”), a leading company engaged in the exploration, development, mining [...]