Nexa digs zinc out of the ground in Peru and Brazil and smelts it into metal and chemicals for steel galvanizing and other industrial uses.
Mining and smelting sales generated USD 2.99B in 2025 with a 17.87% gross margin; the business is cyclical and capital-intensive, so profits swing with metal prices.
Nexa's scale in the Americas and integrated mine-to-smelter operations create cost advantages, but zinc is a commodity with no pricing power, and competitors like Glencore and Boliden can match output, so the moat is weak.
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