Bloomberg Zinc, this year’s best performing metal, has the potential to extend gains to the highest level since 2011 because of a shortfall in ore production, assuming that Glencore Plc doesn’t restart idled mines, according to Japan’s biggest producer. Prices could advance to $2,500 a metric ton by March because of “super tight” ore supply after companies cut output, …

  Bloomberg China plans to plug a regulatory gap and begin overseeing low-speed electric vehicles used mainly in the country’s rural areas, legitimizing a market segment that dwarfs sales of regular battery-electric cars made by the likes of BYD Co. and Tesla Motors Inc. Under the current regulatory framework, there are no rules governing the production and sale of electric …

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc., longtime laggard of US airlines, is up 41 percent since late June as investors buy into the troubled carrier’s promise of an imminent turnaround. The next five weeks may tell if that faith is well-placed. United’s new president, Scott Kirby, an airline industry star — plucked soon after he parted ways with American Airlines …