Zinc - Which projects will fill the supply gap?

London, 3 October 2012

Looking beyond the current market malaise, the global zinc industry is facing a shock to supply in the coming years. While some of the larger mines are soon due to run out of ore, the current price is too low to support new projects coming onstream and so the market seems to be headed for deficit. As a result, market participants are questioning which new projects can relieve the upcoming supply shock, how they benchmark in key parameters including reserves and operating costs, and which are the most likely to come onstream in the next few years.

To help clients benchmark these projects in detail and thereby answer these questions, CRU informs the market that we now launch our new "Zinc Greenfield Mine Project Analysis" service.

Our exclusive service provides you with individual profiles for the 60 key greenfield mine projects with the potential to begin production by the time the market falls into deficit, as well as supporting written analysis of key parameters in the comparison of projects. For each key project, we provide the following detail to help you benchmark these projects accurately and in detail, and thereby examine which projects are most likely to come onstream and fill the looming supply gap:

• Annual production data
• Capital costs data
• On-mine operating costs data
• Graphical project comparisons by resources, reserves and costs
• Project history
• Remaining timeline to production, and barriers to development

You may download a detailed brochure for more information - including a sample profile and a list of all projects included.

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As a subscriber to CRU Zinc you will receive four online users for the entire service as well as two hard copies of the printed report. You may then access our analysts for further discussion when required. If our new service will benefit you and your colleagues, then you can subscribe now for UK £9000 - you can reply to this email or download and return this order form

Please do also email if you wish to further discuss this new service, or your information requirements, in more detail.

Best regards,

CRU Zinc
CRU - The Independent Authority
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