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* Peng Tao, secretary general of the CNIA's lead and zinc branch, told the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum that China's zinc consumption would peak between 2022 and 2025.
* China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal used to galvanise steel, consumed 6.493 million tonnes of refined zinc in 2018, down 1.6% year-on-year, according to the International Lead and Zinc Study Group.
* Shanghai zinc prices rose 1.7% to 20,665 yuan ($2,991.76) a tonne on Tuesday amid falling inventories.