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To: loantech who wrote (1333)	5/23/2006 2:27:08 PM
From: Stephen O	Respond to of 3270

Glencore Buys Asarco's Idled Tennessee Zinc Mines, Platts Says 2006-05-23 05:31 (New York) By Simon Casey May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Glencore International AG bought idled zinc mines in Tennessee from Asarco LLC, Platts reported yesterday on its Web site, citing documents from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas. Glencore, a closely held commodity trader based in Baar, Switzerland, is the world's fourth-largest zinc miner. It owns mines in Peru and Kazakhstan that produce the dark gray metal, which is mostly used to galvanize steel. (Platts 5-22 online) See platts.com for Platts' Web site. --Editor: Carrigan.