Global Zinc Supply Shortage Climbed to 39,800 Tons in September

Published: Nov 21, 2017 09:00 (GMT+8)
According to ILZSG, the global zinc supply shortage climbed to 39,800 tons in September, more than 38,700 tons in August.

SHANGHAI, Nov 21 (SMM) – According to ILZSG, the global zinc supply shortage climbed to 39,800 tons in September, more than 38,700 tons in August. The total volume of the shortage is 348,000 tons from January to September, a big rise than 219,000 tons, which was the volume of the first 9 months of last year. At the end of September, the refined zinc in stock was 1,096,600 tons in total, and it was 1,094,600 tons by the end of August.


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