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Home / Metal News / LME zinc stocks drop to lowest in 7½ months

LME zinc stocks drop to lowest in 7½ months

Oct 24, 2018 13:02

Source:SMM

Zinc stocks in LME warehouses fell for 13 consecutive days and stood at 163,425 mt as of Oct 23

SHANGHAI, Oct 24 (SMM) – Zinc inventories across LME warehouses fell for 13 consecutive trading days and stood at 163,425 mt as of Tuesday October 23, the lowest since March 2.

Separately, zinc stocks in SHFE warehouses rose to the highest since July 20, at 53,479 mt as of Friday October 19.

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