Korea Zinc marks 100 straight quarters of sales growth
Korea Zinc, the world’s largest zinc smelter, logged its 100th consecutive quarter of sales growth in the last three months of last year, hitting a major milestone despite global economic headwinds, it said Thursday. The firm recorded sales of 3.44 trillion won ($2.38 billion) and an operating profit of 132.8 billion won on a consolidated basis in the fourth quarter of last year. Sales increased by 42.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Its operating profit, however, decr