WORLD MARCH ZINC SMELTER STOCKS FALL 31,800 TONNES
Total world closing stocks of primary
zinc at smelters, excluding Eastern Bloc countries, fell 31,800
tonnes to 432,800 tonnes in March from a corrected February
figure of 464,600 tonnes, provisional European Zinc Institute
figures show.
    This compares with 403,300 tonnes in March last year.
    Total European stocks of primary zinc, excluding
Yugoslavia, fell 10,100 tonnes to 149,900 tonnes in March from
160,000 tonnes in February, against 131,300 tonnes in March
last year.
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