As Great Britain continues to climb the actual medal table, it also tops a more dubious medal count one not measured in gold, silver and bronze, but in lead, tin and zinc.

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Although BNP Paribas looks for strength in base metals next year, it lowered its fourth quarter 2012 and first quarter 2013 price outlooks for aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc from previous forecasts after price weakness earlier this year.

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Bolivia, which is a big exporter of metals, including silver, tin and zinc, currently exports most minerals through Chile.

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Zinc and lead were also down, although tin and nickel managed gains.

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The company said it planned to extract tin and other metals, including zinc and copper, with the hope of creating at least 220 jobs.

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The Journal reviewed every event in the Olympics thus far to see which country has finished last (the lead medal), second-to-last (tin) and third-to-last (zinc) most often.

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The Company has interests in mining for aluminum, borax, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, silver, tin, uranium, zinc, titanium, dioxide feedstock, diamonds, talc and zircon.

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Many French horns, for example, are made of nickel silver, an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel (it's silver in name and color only), and some are made of nickel bronze, an alloy of copper, tin, and nickel. (Brass itself is an alloy of copper and zinc.) Many brass instruments are silver-plated (sterling silver on brass), and some are gold-plated.

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