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What’s next for zinc prices?

Over the past year, zinc prices have rallied strongly, reaching a nine-year high recently, on the back of mine closures and production cuts. While the refined market will continue to tighten through 2017, we think that the rally in prices will start to fizzle out in the second half of next year. In this Metals Watch we look in detail at zinc demand and supply and assess what’s next for prices.

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