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Lennard Shelf shuts as zinc, lead prices plummet

FALLING zinc and lead prices, and the appreciating Australian dollar, have claimed a major Australian mining scalp with the closure of Teck Cominco and Xstrata Zinc’s Lennard Shelf mine in Western Australia.

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Lennard Shelf shuts as zinc, lead prices plummet

Some 300 employees and contractors will lose their jobs as a result of the closure of the mine, which is 400km east of Broome in the Kimberley. The shutdown was flagged by Teck Cominco earlier this...

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