{
  "id": 18094189,
  "title": "Korea Zinc Q3 net income soars 218.6% to $167.9 mil.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/korea-zinc-q3-net-income-soars-218-6-to-167-9-mil-18094189",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T08:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261104/korea-zinc-q3-net-income-soars-2186-to-1679-mil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Korea Zinc Inc. reported a third-quarter net income of 225.4 billion won ($167.9 million), representing a 218.6 percent increase compared to the previous year. Sales for the July-September period rose 46.3 percent to reach 6.08 trillion won.\n\nDespite the increase in net income, operating profit fell 48.2 percent from a year ago to 141.7 billion won. The Korea Times reported that these earnings fell short of market expectations, noting that the average net profit estimate from analysts was 271.5 billion won.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}