"Traders anticipate price gains due to a shortage"This is why I want to be in a zinc stock at this point.
"The price for the metal used for rustproofing steel is outperforming copper, aluminum and iron ore as banks and traders anticipate price gains due to a shortage.
On Friday the London Metal Exchange benchmark price hit US$2,104.5 a tonne, but earlier in the day prices reached US$2,116, the highest level since July 15, 2015."
https://www.mining.com/zinc-rockets-to-one-year-high/
"Thanks to last year's closure of large zinc mines in Ireland and Australia, demand is outpacing supply by a wide margin. According to the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, total world zinc stocks in April were about 1.5 million tonnes, compared to global demand of roughly 14 million tonnes."