Lead's rally from multi-year lows hit November 2015 were on the back of major zinc-lead mine shutdowns and strong demand from the automotive sector, responsible for the bulk of demand.
Zinc producer Nyrstar (EBR:NYR) is moving ahead with its plans to move away from mining by offloading a multimetallic mine in Peru and various claims in Quebec to subsidiaries of Glencore (LON:GLEN).