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Zinc

Zinc is used to prolong the life of metals, mostly iron and steel, and to prevent corrosion in the galvanization process, with its corrosion resistance feature. Other areas of use are the automotive industry, electrical equipment and parts.

🥳 Fun Fact

A person with an average lifespan uses 330 kg of zinc during his lifetime.

Lead

Lead is important for the automotive industry due to its high electrical conductivity. Almost 80% of lead is used in car batteries.
Lead is denser than most other materials. It can absorb vibration and act as a shield against radiation, as seen in X-ray machines.
Pigments, cable sheathing, radiatin protection, weight belts for diving, and ammunition are areas where lead is commonly used.

🥳 Fun Fact

In ancient Rome, lead was used to increase the perception of the wine's sweetness. It caused poisoning in people, and then it was forbidden.

Gold

Some good features of gold are its reactivity with other chemicals, flammability, chemical stability, and heat of combustion.

The jewelry industry is the number one user of gold. Its good conductability, high durability, and resistance to corrosion make it important for the electronics and pharmaceutical industries.

🥳 Fun Fact

Gold is edible in small quantities. In Asia, gold is added to food gifts such as fruit and sweets.

Chrome

Chrome has silver, shiny apperance. It is used in the textile, refractory industries and has high melting point, stable structure. Chrome usage is in plating and metal ceramics. It is also used to produce synthetic rubies and to make molds for the firing of bricks. Chrome is one of essential elements for humans because it helps to use glucose.

🥳 Fun Fact

It Reflects Nearly 70% of Visible Light.

Iron

Iron is the most used of all metals around the world. It has high strength and low cost. It is used in various areas. Food containers, cars, washing machines, ships, paper staples have iron and those are just a couple of examples. Alloy forms are pig iron, cast iron, carbon steel, alloy steel and iron oxides.

🥳 Fun Fact

Human blood gets its red color from iron.

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Bauxite

It is a sedimentary rock and aliminium rich ore. It is used for aliminium production.

🥳 Fun Fact

Bauxite derives its name from a French town called Les Baux.

Graphite

Graphite is a crystalline form of carbon. It is used in pencils and lubricants as well as in electronic products because of its high conductivity.

🥳 Fun Fact

Graphite is the only non-metal that can conduct electricity.

Antimony

Metallic antimony is an alloy with lead and tin. It increases hardness and mechanical strenght. The largest use in lead-acid batteries and microelectronics.

🥳 Fun Fact

World origin is Greek anti- and monos, meaning a metal not found alone.

Coal

Different types of coal contain different amounts of carbon. It mainly contains carbon but also features other elements hydrojen, oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen. Coal is used to create electricity and heat. It is converted to electricity by being burned in a furnace with a boiler.

🥳 Fun Fact

Coal is the world’s largest source of energy for the production of electricity. Nearly 70% of China’s electricity comes from coal. In total, coal produces around 40% of the world’s electricity.

Copper

Copper has high electrical and thermal conductivity and 60% of its usage area is for generating and transmitting electricity. It is also one of the metals used to make coins.
Its machinability feature allows copper to be easily shaped and bent.

🥳 Fun Fact

The reason for using copper and zinc alloy brass in door handles is that copper helps prevent disease.

Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn. It is hard and brittle and is often found in minerals combined with iron. It uses to increase the strength, the machinability and the resistance. Manganese oxide is used as an oxidizing material is used as an additive for a rubber and in glassmaking, fertilizers and ceramics. Manganese sulfate can be used as a fungicide medicine.
It is widely used as an alloying element in the iron and steel industry. In addition, it is used in battery production and in the chemical industry.

🥳 Fun Fact

Manganese compounds were used by the ancient Egyptians to add color to glass. Manganese is important in photosynthesis. There would be no free oxygen without manganese in the world.

As Zincus Metal, we export lead concentrate, zinc concentrate and copper concentrate are the leading products in ore and concentrate fields in the mining sector. You can find the details of our product groups for the mining group, together with the specifications of the products. For the mining group, we also provide the opportunity to process zinc, lead and copper ores at the facilities.