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Home / Metal News / Status Quo of Zinc Oxide: China being Zinc Purely-Importing Country

Status Quo of Zinc Oxide: China being Zinc Purely-Importing Country

Nov 10, 2017 14:38

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Dramatic fluctuation of international zinc price has a strong impact on development of zinc oxide industry in China.

SHANGHAI, Nov.10 (SMM)－Huang Lixuan, Luoyang City Blue Sky Chemicals Group says on the zinc oxide summit, zinc oxide production is an industry of high energy consumption. Zinc is a non-renewable resource. In recent years, with short supply of domestic zinc resources, China has become a purely-importing country of zinc, Dramatic fluctuation of international zinc price has a strong negative impact on development of zinc oxide industry in China.

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