S.Korea buys zinc; seeks lead, aluminium

　　South Korea bought 2,000 tonnes of zinc for arrivals in September via tenders on Thursday, the state-run Public Procurement Service said on its website(www.g2b.go.kr).

　　Details of the purchase are as follows:

　　TONNE   SUPPLIER         PREMIUM(CIF/T)

　　1,000   Korea Zinc Inc   $159

　　1,000   Young Poong Corp $159

　　* Note: The above premiums were made over London Metal Exchange (LME) prices.

　　The agency separately issued tenders to buy a total of 6,000 tonnes of aluminium and reissued a tender for 1,000 tonnes of lead after passing on the tender on Thursday. Details of the aluminium and lead tenders are as follows:

　　--Aluminium tenders at 3 p.m. (0600 GMT) on July 24

　　TONNE   ARRIVAL/PORT    ORIGIN

　　3,000   Sept 30/Incheon Western

　　3,000   Sept 30/Incheon Non-Western

　　* Note: For products of Western origin, the agency excludes those from China, India, Russia and Egypt. All of the metals should be from LME registered brands with minimum 99.7 percent purity.

　　--Lead tender at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) on July 17

　　TONNE   ARRIVAL/PORT

　　1,000   Sept 28/Busan

　　* Note: All of the products should be from LME registered brands with minimum 99.99 percent purity.