| The long anticpated supply tightening in zinc is emerging as recent zinc mine corporate data suggests, according to Barclays Plc. Barclays which tracks close to 20% of global supplies reported that major zinc producers have reported 4% lower production on a year on year basis with ouput contracting at half the mines.
"During 2013, zinc performed fairly better than its peers from the base metals complex, fetching a marginal negative return of 0.57%. In the year 2011, zinc prices plummeted by 24%, the most among other base metals on the back of supply surplus and high legacy inventory," according to Nirmal Bang Commodity Year Book 2014...............................................Full Article: Source
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