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    September 22, 2021

    CRU: Zinc Demand Growth to Moderate from 2022

    Written by Helen O’Cleary

    By CRU Senior Analyst Helen O’Cleary, from CRU’s Steel Sheet Products Monitor

    CRU recently developed a bottom-up zinc demand model to improve our medium-term demand forecasts. The model calculates demand in key regions and countries for the six major first uses of refined zinc: galvanized sheet, general galvanizing, copper-zinc alloys, die casting alloys, zinc oxide and other chemicals, and zinc semis and other products.

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