Red Dog output trends downward, while zinc price increases in 2016

Teck Resources Inc. July 27 reported that its Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska produced 152,900 metric tons of zinc and 27,100 metric tons of lead during the second quarter of 2016.

This is about a 1 percent drop for zinc and a 13 percent drop for lead, when compared with production during the same period of 2015.

The company expects Red Dog's zinc production to continue to trend downward through...