METALS-Zinc set to be top metals performer in 2013, nickel lags
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Published: Tuesday, 31 Dec 2013 | 6:15 AM ET
By: Eric Onstad
* Investors bet zinc supply situation to tighten
* Nickel, aluminium worst performers, weighed by surpluses
* Higher copper supply in 2014 may trim gains
(Adds details, quotes; previous SINGAPORE)
LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Zinc looked set on Tuesday to be this year's best-performing industrial metal with a largely flat outcome, as investors bet mine closures would transform an oversupplied market into one facing a deficit.
Zinc is tipped by many analysts for gains next year after other base metals scored losses in 2013 as uncertain demand in a recovering global economy combined with largely ample supply.
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