Lead and zinc may be geological sister metals but their market fortunes have been very different in recent months.

It didn’t help that the lead-bearing ores also happened to be especially rich in other metals including zinc and copper. But the real prize was silver, present in such abundance that the most ...

Zinc saw strong performance in 2024 ... due to high inflation and high interest rates. What helped the base metal over the past year is that weak demand was met with weak mining supply.

On February 4, China announced that it would be immediately implementing export controls on five key metals, namely tungsten, molybdenum, indium, bismuth, and tellurium, used for defense, clean ...

Korea Zinc has the largest zinc smelter in the world. This came as two branches of the metal producer's founding family were locked in a dispute over the management of the business, which was ...

SEOUL, South Korea , Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As U.S.-China trade tensions escalate into export controls on rare metals, Korea Zinc's (KRX:010130) role in maintaining supply chain stability ...