de verwerkingslonen zullen rond de 230 dollar liggen dit jaar.
-https://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2773715/AMM-Zinc-TCRCs-drop-to-230T-sources.html
- conference call gisteren nexa resources : Alexander Hacking -- Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. -- Analyst
Hi. Yes, good morning. I just wanted to follow up on the TC/RCs. I got a little confused on the answer. Are you saying that the TC/RCs you expect to move up this year or to stay relatively stable? And then I guess second question, any change to the terms of the TC/RCs in terms of payables and escalators and things like that? And then thirdly, just again related to the smelting business, has there been any change to the regional premiums that you see locally in Latin America in terms of the zinc price? Thank you.
Tito Botelho Martins Junior -- President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you for your questions. Let me clarify the TCs. We were seeing the reference price for the last year was around $140 per ton. Spot market was around it as well. In the last month or so, spot price went up to $200, $220, and we are seeing the possibility for the benchmark be around $220 as well without any changes in the free zinc and any changes in the escalation. So we would not see anything different from that.