“These are new ones, because the original ladies were made out of zinc and no one works in zinc anymore. These should last 50 years plus.”
Jay Hiers
“Mine supply in zinc remains very constrained. Zinc is the one metal that deserves a re-rating based on physical demand and supply characteristics alone.”
Jon Bergtheil
“The zinc market is going to become as tight as copper. Every speculator is buying zinc now.”
Stephen Briggs
“I'm not sure if other arrangements to buy zinc have already been made at this point. Generally, we buy products on contract for a length of time. The link of the contract is something that is based on the volatility of a particular product, and the price of zinc has been going up.”
John Armstrong
“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
“We expect earnings to improve sequentially in 2006 predicated on higher copper and zinc price realizations.”
Tony Lesiak
“Gold, copper and zinc have been moving strongly, but currencies have been more difficult for people. The largest (managed futures funds) focus on currencies, and that's been more difficult.”
Charles Davidson