Zinc has started to show signs of life again. In recent weeks the spot price of zinc crossed over $1/lb, up from a one-year low around 0.90/lb. It seems the prospect of a growing zinc deficit is back in play.
The notion of zinc deficit, long forecast by analysts and base metal miners, has already created one false dawn. With such a deficit in mind, zinc fever caught the market in late 2013 and persisted to mid 2014, driving the price from near $0.80/lb to around C$1.10..........................................Full Article: Source
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