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The Zinc Industry By: Ken Hewitt, Tony Wall Normal price: 400 Our price: 380 + postage Bargain: save £20 ! Product code: 12317 ISBN: 1855733455 224 pages Format: Hb Published by: Woodhead Publishing, 2000, 2nd edition There are no reviews available for this book Description of The Zinc Industry - A comprehensive guide to the workings of the international zinc industry - Written by well known industry insiders - Examines future trends in demand, trade and pricing - Essential intelligence for successful business planning - 218 large format pages in a convenient looseleaf format Zinc is an important metal because of it ability to work well with other metals – it is an excellent protector when combined with steel and it forms alloys with aluminium to produce high-performance components. It is unique among the common metals in that it is a highly reactive gas at the temperature at which it is reduced from its oxide. The gas must be condensed in the absence of air to produce liquid metal. This technical difficulty postponed the extraction of zinc for two millennia and has had a profound effect on the development of zinc products and on the way in which the metal has been marketed. The high capital investment to make pure zinc – particularly from residues and scrap – has concentrated its production in a few hands with a tighter control of the market than for other metals. Price volatility therefore has been more subdued and this has allowed the industry to expand to meet new demands and develop more uses for the metal. Because zinc occurs in nature with lead and the minor metal cadmium, its extraction and processing is also tied up with the markets for these metals and the environmental concerns associated with them. The zinc industry provides an in-depth overview of the international zinc trade at the turn of the millennium. Its clearly presented information, analysis and statistics bring the industry into sharp focus – from extraction and refining to applications, markets, prices and future trends. The zinc industry is essential reading for industry executives, the financial community and government policy-makers as well as providing an excellent introduction and training resource for new entrants to the industry. Read this guide and find out about: How the zinc industry has developed from its earliest beginnings How extraction and refining difficulties are tackled The factors which will guide zinc markets over the next decade How environmental concerns impact the zinc business The role of the LME and COMEX in pricing The activities of the major producers and their chances for improved profitability The role of the major zinc associations and research organisations and the future outlook for zinc The Zinc Industry - Chapter headings Part 1: Origins and production History The discovery of brass - Zinc oxide - The eventual production of metallic zinc - The improvement of production processes - Growth in the use of zinc - Recycling zinc Industry characteristics Terminology - The overall picture - Zinc statistics and their quality - Stockpiles - Zinc and the developed countries - Sensitivity to disruptions - Seasonality - The zinc cycle - The effect of the economic cycle Occurrence Formation of mineral deposits - Mineral formation - Classification of deposits - Types of minerals - Reserves Exploration Discovery - Evaluation - Metallurgy Mining and concentration Mining - Concentration Extraction and refining History of roasting - Pyrometallurgical processes - Electrolytic refining - New developments - Output by process - Zinc process choice Part 2: Production and consumption Properties Physical and mechanical properties - Chemical properties - Electrolytic properties - Metallurgical properties - Essential zinc and the environment Grades, shapes and standards Grades - Shapes - Standards Applications Copper-base alloys - Wrought zinc - Corrosion protection of steel - Zinc-base alloys - Zinc chemicals - Miscellaneous uses - Consumption of slab zinc by application By-products Cadmium - Sulphuric acid - Other trace elements Residues, scrap and recycling Terminology - Sources of process scrap - Sources and uses of old scrap - Conclusion Part 3: The market The structure of the market Mining – ores and concentrates - Zinc metal - Zinc residues - The merchants - Trading centres - The London Metal Exchange (LME) The zinc price Main prices - Major influences on the zinc price - Price forecasting - Stockholding behaviour Conduct of the market Zinc pricing - Trading and use of the LME Shipping Ores - Concentrates - Zinc metal - Products - Residues Finance Exploration and mine development - Smelting - Consumers - Secondary zinc - Traders - London Metal Exchange The role of governments Licences - Equity - Industry support - Husbanding resources - Trading - Antitrust - Trade agreements and duties - Licences and exchange controls - Environment Organisations serving the industry International Lead and Zinc Study Group - Non-ferrous metal and mining associations - International Zinc Association (IZA) - International Zinc Association – Europe - National associations - Research associations - Data and review organisations Part 4: The future outlook Environmental concerns The environment - Health and awareness - Internal controls at work - External controls - National practices - The spread of legislation - Energy taxation - Environmental standards Future trends Immediate outlook - Environmental controls - Demand - Supply - Technology - Market transparency - Marketing Part 5: Appendices Authobiography of Ken Hewitt, Tony Wall Ken Hewitt has 27 year's experience in the zinc industry having worked for ICI's Metals division (now IMI), the chemical manufacturer William Blythe & Co Ltd and Imperial Smelting Corporation before successfully establishing the UK Marketing subsidiary of Norzink AS in Birmingham which he ran until 1995. He has chaired the councils of both the Zinc Development Association and the Cadmium Association. Tony Wall is a chemist with a PhD in Industrial Metallurgy. After research work with the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, he joined the Zinc Development Association where he worked for 30 years, latterly as its Director. He has since been a consultant to the international zinc industry.