SMM1月26日讯：韦丹塔资源公司（Vedanta Resources Plc）董事长Anil Agarwal，预计基本金属价格在过去两年上涨60%后，在未来将还有会10%的涨幅。

因几乎没有新的锌矿开采，所以锌价现在处于高位。Agarwal在达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛上接受BloombergQuint采访时表示，由于没有新资金投入矿产，所以矿价还会上涨。“

由于全球经济增长步伐的加快、产出受限、美元疲软，彭博商品指数涨至两年以来最高。中国提出环保限产、Glencore Plc限制采矿等减少了锌金属的供应。

Agarwal表示，未来三年，Vedanta将投资80亿美元的锌矿来增加锌产量，这完全是因为Vedanta看好锌前景。据了解，Vedanta主营锌、铜、铝、铁矿石、银和石油。Agarwal表示，伦敦上市公司也期待以“非常好”的价格竞标负债累累的Electrosteel Steels 公司，以此进度印度的钢铁市场。

原文如下：

Billionaire Agarwal Sees Metals Surge Extending 10% Led by Zinc

Billionaire Anil Agarwal, chairman of producer Vedanta Resources Plc, sees scope for a further 10

percent jump in base metal prices after they soared more than 60 percent in the past two years.

Prices still have room to climb because no new mining assets are coming on stream, Agarwal said in an interview with BloombergQuint at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Zinc’s at the top of the pyramid because there’s hardly any zinc and everybody is looking to galvanize steel.”

The Bloomberg Commodity Index has rallied to the highest level in more than two years as global growth gathers pace, output is constrained and the dollar weakens. China’s move to cut production for environmental reasons and Glencore Plc’s curbs on mining have reduced zinc supplies.

Agarwal said Vedanta is spending about $8 billion over the next three years to expand capacity at all its operations to benefit from the price outlook. The company produces zinc, copper, aluminum, iron ore, silver and oil. The London-listed producer is also looking to enter the steel market in India,

bidding for debt-laden Electrosteel Steels Ltd. at a “very good price”, he said. BloombergQuint is a partnership between Bloomberg Media and Quintillion Media in India.