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MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, ANNIVERSARY EDITION
factors. Another contributing factor is the lack
of effective low-cost recovery processes for
treating oxidized zinc ores.
The coproduct relationship of lead and zinc
often presents difficulties to some zinc pro-
ducers. Operations that mine and treat ore
containing only zinc must overcome the com-
petitive advantages of those companies that
recover lead, silver, and other metals with the
zinc.
Substitution of other materials for zinc is a
persistent threat. Consequently, to retain pres-
ent markets and attain a fair part of the grow-
ing markets, zinc producers always must strivefor more efficient operations and a resultant
competitive product.
The domestic zinc industry also is faced with
the competition of foreign concentrate and re-
fined zinc, which are produced from higher
value ores with lower labor costs per unit of
metal. Domestic smelters are affected by im-
ports of metal, and domestic mines are affected
by imports of both metal and concentrate.
In the secondary metals-an important seg-
ment of the zinc supply-more efficient and
widespread utilization of secondary zinc mate-
rials are hampered by high-cost scrap collec-
tion, high-cost extractive processes, and poor
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