Asian zinc alloy users from different sectors are quickening their pace to test new alternative raw materials following the price hike last year, major zinc alloy distributor Lee Kee Group told Metal Bulletin in an interview.
"We talk very often with downstream zinc users. For substitution, the zinc price is only one of the concerns. Yet the high price gap between zinc and aluminium has definitely been facilitating more testing on use of aluminium alloys over zinc alloys," Clara Chan, chief executive officer of the Hong Kong-listed metals solution provider, said on Thursday March 22. For seven decades, Lee Kee has been distributing and manufacturing zinc alloys for a wide range of...