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South Korea’s PPS secures 1000T of Zn from Young Poong Corp

March 11, 2010 - 12:07 GMT Location: London

KEYWORDS: PPS , Young Poong Corp , zinc

South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) has secured the 1000 tonnes of zinc it tendered for last week from Young Poong Corp

The South Korean-based company sold the special high grade zinc to the PPS at a premium of $80 to a London Metal Exchange price of $2,363 per tonne. “This [premium]...

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