zinc

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AFP visited the remote border zone and saw three buildings reduced to rubble, their scorched zinc roofing twisted among the debris.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

A variety of base metals are traded on the LME, including aluminum, copper, and zinc.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

However, this research expands that understanding by examining additional minerals, including magnesium and zinc.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

At least 33 miners have died in a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine in central Nigeria's Plateau state, witnesses have told the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Many years later, when Macondo was a field of wooden houses with zinc roofs, the broken and dusty almond trees still stood on the oldest streets, although no one knew who had planted them.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez