“Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices.”
Andrew Silver
“What the people needed most from the forthcoming Budget was certainty. I am calling on the government to establish a ceiling on utility tariffs and to commit itself not to raise administrative fees.”
Joseph Muscat
“Base metal prices have been much firmer lately, with declining inventories for zinc pushing up prices.”
John Ing
“We expect earnings to improve sequentially in 2006 predicated on higher copper and zinc price realizations.”
Tony Lesiak
“Supply isn't going up as much as demand so the prices of metal, especially that of copper and zinc, are going up.”
Sally Yeo
“Zinc prices are up on low capacity utilization rates at Chinese zinc smelters due to concentrate shortage, and strong demand driven by galvanized steel.”
Ingrid Sternby
“Zinc is a base metal. And it is an internationally traded commodity and its supply source is not limited to small areas. This falls outside the definition of metals for stockpiles.”
Koichi Fukushima