Zinc
latest news & developments
Bid to clean Africa’s most toxic town
A class action is planned to get mines to clear the dangerously high levels of lead in a Zambian town
Standard Bank sees a bright future for tin
Shortages in the market could see tin continue to perform better than any other base metal on the market.
Low zinc price sinks Burkina Faso mine project
Plans to dig West Africa’s first zinc mine in impoverished Burkina Faso have been scrapped due to funding problems linked to depressed zinc prices.
Think zinc
Adding zinc to the diets of HIV-positive children helps protect them, researchers report.