# Korea Zinc (KRX: 010130) Critical Minerals Exposure

Korea Zinc is linked to 1 critical mineral: a by-product producer of indium. It is listed on the Korea Exchange as 010130 and based in South Korea.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/korea-zinc-krx-010130
Exchange: KRX
Ticker: 010130
Country: South Korea
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Korea Zinc

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Indium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/indium-price-us) | By-product producer | $732.37 per kg contained | +5.7% | - |

## Sectors Korea Zinc serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Korea Zinc

Korea Zinc is the world's largest zinc smelting company and a major refiner of lead, silver and gold, headquartered in Seoul. Its smelter complex at Onsan, near Ulsan, is known for recovering an unusually wide range of minor metals from its feed, indium among them, and the group also runs a zinc refinery in Australia.

## Korea Zinc's critical minerals business

Korea Zinc is linked to indium, which it recovers as a by-product of zinc smelting. Indium goes into indium tin oxide, the transparent conductive coating on touchscreens and flat-panel displays, as well as into semiconductors and solar cells. Korea Zinc's ability to extract minor metals from complex feed has made it one of the few large indium suppliers outside China.

## Where Korea Zinc operates

Korea Zinc's main smelter is at Onsan in Ulsan, South Korea, one of the largest zinc smelting complexes in the world. Its Australian subsidiary, Sun Metals, runs a zinc refinery in Townsville, Queensland.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Korea Zinc.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Korea Zinc produce?

Korea Zinc is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a by-product producer of indium. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Indium](/commodities/indium-price-us).

### Is Korea Zinc an indium stock?

Yes. Korea Zinc is a by-product producer of indium. [See the indium price per kg](/commodities/indium-price-us).

### Where is Korea Zinc listed?

Korea Zinc is listed on the Korea Exchange under the ticker 010130 (KRX: 010130), and is based in South Korea.

### What is indium used for?

Mostly in indium tin oxide, the transparent conductive layer in touchscreens and flat-panel displays, as well as in semiconductors, solders and solar cells.

### Where is Korea Zinc's main smelter?

At Onsan, in Ulsan on South Korea's south-east coast.

## Sources

- Company filings: Korea Zinc’s minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.