The mines ceased operations “temporarily” Dec. 1.
There is no indication as to when Gordonsville-based mining company Nyrstar will resume operation, according to a report by the Carthage Courier.
From the report:
“We have no updates on our Middle Tennessee Mines business. The temporary pause in operations is ongoing until further notice,” was the company’s official statement when asked when operations at the mines might resume.
The mines ceased operations “temporarily” Dec. 1. The reported layoffs at Nystar Mines in Gordonsville were “in direct response to significantly weakened market conditions and inflationary impacts on input costs and operating margins.” Nystar said at the time the plan was to “conduct drilling to explore and “define additional zinc, germanium and gallium resources” during the pause in production in hopes of positioning the company in a place where it can increase the supply to its Clarksville Smelter.
According to the report, company officials said, “On Nyrstar’s ‘Critical Minerals Project’, we continue to work on and evaluate the business case of a proposed state-of-the-art germanium and gallium recovery and processing facility at our Clarksville zinc smelter in Tennessee.”
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