How is zinc obtained from zinc oxide?

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Zinc is not a highly electropositive metal. Therefore, zinc is obtained from zinc oxide by reacting it (or reducing it) with carbon.
$ZnO (s) + C (s) \to Zn (s) + CO (g) (Zinc (Zinc) oxide)$

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