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Zinc's run at an end: analysts

ANALYSTS at UBS have stripped zinc of its "preferred commodity" status, citing a looming supply response as the likely catalyst of gradual decline in the price of the metal.

Paul Garvey

Zinc's run at an end: analysts

In a note to clients, UBS said it expected about 15 new zinc projects to come online in 2007, contributing to the nearly 1.2 million tonnes of new mine production. Even allowing for the almost inevitable...

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