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Of shaky zinc prices and acquisition plans

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

By Daniella D’Alimonte  At US$0.76 per pound, zinc has made a slight recovery over the last week after it dropped to an over two and a half year low of US$0.73 earlier this month.  BHP Billiton Ltd., which currently sits at around US$58 per pound (NYSE PLC), has been in the news for some time [...]

Cut-backs and closures

Friday, July 18, 2008

By Daniella D’Alimonte – Exclusive to ZincInvestingNews.com Some of China’s small and medium sized zinc smelters faced dissapointment this week when larger smelters announced they would not be supporting production cut-backs. This decision came after the larger smelters, such as Zhuzhou Smelter Group Ltd., a subsidary of Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corp. Huludao Zinc Industry and [...]

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