The final shipment of zinc from Vedanta Resources’ Lisheen mine has brought zinc supply from the Irish mine to an end, opening up an opportunity for the Gamsberg project, which is inching forward at a carefully measured pace in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Lisheen’s closure means that some 120 000 t of zinc a year will no longer be going into the market from the discontinued mine in Ireland’s Tipperary province, leaving Southern Africa in the wings to offer part replacement and part growth to Vedanta’s zinc portfolio going forward.
