China's copper anode producers using scrap enter holiday

Published: Feb 12, 2026 15:38

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[SMM Copper Anode Express] China's copper anode producers using scrap gradually suspended production for the holiday. This week, the operating rate of copper anode producers using scrap was 38.98%, down 27.9 percentage points WoW. The operating rate is expected to be 0% during the Chinese New Year holiday next week.

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