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Few people can name a single use for zinc. Yet total world zinc consumption, including the Eastern bloc, is estimated at 6 million tonnes per year which at current values is worth $2,160 million Only copper and aluminium among the non-ferrous metals are consumed in larger quantities.
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Robinson, I.M. (1975). Zinc. In: Payer, C. (eds) Commodity Trade of the Third World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02609-8_3
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