We are not in a bear market, but the bull market has been put on hold for the time being.

Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices.

It's a sign that spare metal is around.

The market has been pushed up by a lot of fund buying.

Investors are shifting their attention to other metals and soft commodities.

Group 2 is stacked. The end of May could be great. It's exactly what we want. The caliber of ball we're capable of playing, we want to play those teams now.

It's certainly fund business today. The trouble is that they can't get enough of the metals without making the price higher.

There's still technical buying and there's no selling. You've got strikes and new labor disputes coming into view.