SMM Flash News: Western Mining Co., Ltd. Reports Significant YoY Growth in Q1 2025 Mine and Smelting Production

[Lead-Zinc Miner Updates] Recently, the Phase I flotation beneficiation plant project of Hezhang Dingshengxin Mining Development Co., Ltd. achieved a major milestone, with the semi-autogenous grinding mill and ball mill systems successfully completing no-load joint trial runs. This marked that the Zhugongtang super-large lead-zinc mine's mining and beneficiation project has fully entered the stage of combined equipment commissioning. It is reported that the Phase I flotation beneficiation plant of the Zhugongtang lead-zinc mine is expected to be ready for clean water trial runs by the end of June this year, ready for feed trial runs in August, and is striving to officially enter trial production by the end of September, at which point it will initially achieve a production capacity of proc

[Secondary Lead Production Update] Affected by the rise in coal prices triggered, a secondary lead smelter in the northwest saw changes to its production resumption plan. The smelter originally planned to carry out furnace heating and resume production in early June, but has now shifted to a wait-and-see stance. Currently, raw material scrap battery prices stay high, and if smelting coke prices rise significantly further, the enterprise may delay its production resumption.