Mine output at Pallca, which has annual capacity of 15,000 to 16,000 metric tons of zinc in concentrate, was suspended in December 2008.
International government stimulus spending has doubled zinc prices as demand increases for the industrial metal used to galvanize steel and in die-casting.
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