RE:Salman: "we will not have any zinc shortages until 2019."I wonder where Salman got 2019 from? Since LME Zinc warehouse stocks peaked at ~1200 kt Zn in January 2013, the deficit has been roughly 300kt per year.
Unless he is predicting a decline in Zn usage (nobody is predicting that... generally predicted at 5% increase per year from what I have read)... or he is predicting that worldwide Zn production will increase (again, nobody is predicting that), then given the current LME Zn stock of ~630 kt, we should be at a shortage by Jan 2017 by the latest... I would actually think much earlier with the pending mine closures.
Am I missing something?