China's Enviromental Crackdown Buoys Lead, Zinc - FNArena
MMG's shuttered Century mine for example used to supply 4% of the world's zinc. Between the shutdown of the Lisheen mine in Ireland, Century, and Glencore's Brunswick and Perseverance mines in Canada, over a million tonnes was ripped from global zinc production. The closed mines represent an estimated 10 to 15% of the zinc market.