Zinc’s six-month deficit grows 3% y/y – ILZSG

The latest date published by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) has found a 3% year-on-year wider zinc market supply gap for the first six months of 2017. According to preliminary data recently compiled by the ILZSG, the global market for refined zinc metal was in deficit by 203 000 t, at 6.74-million tonnes, over the first six months of the year, with total reported inventories declining by 212 000 t over the same period.