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The Fed’s announcement to purchase treasuries sent lead and zinc on their largest ascent in two months. Fed officials voted on March 18 to buy Treasury and mortgage bonds in an effort to revive America’s economy, lifting stocks as well as commodities.

Monday, March 16, 2009
Chinese lead and zinc refineries are interested in integration and expansion, but not mergers or acquisitions. The Chinese government showed its support by providing a plan to encourage the non-ferrous industries to restructure and integrate. The government has also mentioned that it wants to support the industry’s larger companies, even if it is at the expense of smaller ones.

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Lead and zinc prices both started 2009 strongly, but as the year has progressed lead’s better near term fundamentals have led it to continue as the more robust of the two metals. Zinc stocks on the London Metal Exchange have consistently risen; through the month of January alone stocks climbed nearly 35 percent to end at 345,275 tonnes.

Monday, March 2, 2009
Positive sentiment that spread through the markets during the week edged up most of the base metals. Zinc climbed the most in two weeks after China’s stockpiling agency bought metal from domestic smelters, reducing supply.
Fri, Jul 3, 2009
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Fri, Jul 3, 2009
China may become a net exporter of zinc beginning this year as smelters step up production on higher prices. For full story, click here
Fri, Jul 3, 2009
The country’s second leading zinc producer, Binani Zinc Ltd (BZL), a Rs 300 crore Braj Binani Group enterprise, is planning to almost treble zinc production capacity to capitalise surging metal’s consumption in infrastructure. For full story, click here
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
China’s Yunnan Luoping Zinc & Electricity Co. has planned to expand its zinc smelting capacity by 50% to 120,000 metric tons a year in July. For full story, click here
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
With base metals prices struggling to rebound from last year’s plunge, miners are shaving costs to the bone and becoming more picky about the quality of ore they mine as they try to ensure profits. For full story, click here
Wed, Jun 24, 2009
Canadian Zinc Corp. declared that Vatukoula Gold Mines plc, in which it holds a 20 per cent stake, has reported a surge in gold output for its quarter ended May 31. For full story, click here
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Korean stocks has closed 2.8 percent lower yesterday as overnight U.S. tumbles prompted a foreign selling spree. For full story, click here
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Zinc futures have traded a shade higher in early trade on the Multi Commodity Exchange today as traders created fresh positions, buoyed by a firming trend in metal prices globally. For full story, click here

Sometra SA, a Romanian metals company controlled by Athens based metals and energy group Mytilineos Holdings SA, needs further gains in zinc prices before restarting its Copsa Mica zinc and lead smelter.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
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