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

They focused on iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper, and potassium.

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

I stood beside Scofield listening to the noise as he took a stack of zinc buckets and passed them out.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison