Zinc is a part of nature

Most rocks and a large number of minerals contain different quantities of zinc. In nature, you can find zinc in the air, in the soil and in the water. The natural amount of zinc found in the earth’s crust averages 70 mg/kg (of dry weight) while regionally it differs between 10 and 300 mg/kg.

In the course of evolution all living organisms have ingested the zinc available in their respective environments and used it for their specific metabolic functions. This is why zinc is vitally important not only for human beings, but also for plants and animals.

The ideal concentration of zinc depends on the organisms of creatures and on their environment. This is why heterogeneous conditions, such as different concentrations of zinc, are a basic requirement for a natural diversity of species.

Due to natural geological and geochemical processes, zinc is found in significantly higher concentrations in some parts of the world than in others.

High concentrations of zinc which are explored as ore deposits can be found both on the earth’s surface and below ground.

The zinc that nowadays is used by various industries is synthesized from ores and recycled zinc products. In Germany, more than 80 per cent of the available zinc gets recycled.