(Reuters) -India's Hindustan Zinc reported a nearly 14% rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, helped by higher commodity prices of zinc and silver and as domestic demand remained resilient.

Chinese zinc producers are preparing to sell the metal overseas, as a rare trading opportunity opens up after a spike in international prices. Zinc in London has marched higher since April, but in ...

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Fast charging speeds things up, but usually at the cost of battery life. So when a team at Georgia Tech discovered that cranking up the charge rate actually made zinc-ion batteries stronger, it turned ...

Zinc ranks as the fourth-most widely used metal worldwide. In addition to its primary application in steel galvanization, refin­ing zinc also produces gallium and germanium—key inputs for advanced ...

Zinc is known primarily as something you take for a cold. But there's much more to it. Let's have Steve and Irving 2.0 – now dwellers in the AI netherworld – swing into a Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From ...

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The short answer is yes, zinc can be effective in reducing the duration of a cold. Research has consistently supported its role in shortening cold symptoms, particularly if taken early. A ...