I got to wondering, other than a shortage of metal per se, what economic conditions or what products would cause a huge increase in demand for zinc relative to copper? Despite the fact that zinc cents' melt value is way below face at the moment, I figure there must be something that could happen or product that could suddenly be in huge demand that would cause the price of zinc to shoot up. I'm not holding on to zinc pennies unless the price more than doubles, but I'm curious to know what might lead to a spike in zinc prices or demand so I'll know when to start hoarding zincs as well.
Zinc was high enough for a while to make zinc cents nearly honest, but it backed off. We used zinc in Canadian pennies in the late 90's but switched to steel to save even more $$$
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw. Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony Passive Income blog
Conditions that would spur demand for zinc
Forum Locked
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 00:19:31
to this thread...
