SMM, July 23:
To deepen exchanges within the zinc industry, smooth industrial information channels, and accurately grasp development trends and market dynamics, an SMM team—Geng Zhiyao, Senior Analyst for Copper, Lead & Zinc; Li Hanyu, Senior Analyst for Zinc; and Dai Junxiu, Senior Business Manager—visited Yunnan Chihong Zn & Ge Co., Ltd. on July 23 for discussions and was warmly received by the company’s leadership.
During the talks, the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on topics including the zinc raw material supply landscape, smelting capacity changes in and outside China, zinc price operating logic, and downstream demand evolution trends. They also exchanged views on issues such as mining cost control, zinc smelting process optimization, comprehensive recovery of associated rare and precious metals, green smelting upgrade pathways, overseas resource development opportunities, and industry cycle risk prevention. Leveraging industry big data, the SMM team shared their current supply-demand market assessments and medium to long-term industry outlook. Yunnan Chihong Zn & Ge, drawing on its resource presence both in and outside China and its entire industry chain operational practices, outlined its enterprise production and operating plans as well as its development ideas on technological innovation and green transformation.
This visit established a strong communication platform. SMM gained on-the-ground understanding of the actual production and operating conditions of a leading zinc enterprise, enriching its frontline survey information; Yunnan Chihong Zn & Ge simultaneously obtained cutting-edge industry information to inform its daily production and operations. Both sides agreed to maintain ongoing communication and exchange, share industry information, and jointly support the high-quality, sustainable development of the zinc industry.
About Yunnan Chihong Zn & Ge Co., Ltd.
Yunnan Chihong Zn & Ge Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Chihong Zn & Ge") is a tertiary-level operating enterprise under Chalco. Founded on July 18, 2000, its predecessor was the Yunnan Huize Lead-Zinc Mine, one of the 156 key construction projects under China’s First Five-Year Plan. Its affiliated Lanping Lead-Zinc Mine is a world-renowned lead-zinc mine, and both are important pillars of China’s lead and zinc industry. After 74 years of industrial accumulation and innovation empowerment, the company has continuously pursued advancements in resource security, technological innovation, green transformation, and industry chain extension. It has developed a complete industrial chain covering resource exploration, mining, beneficiation and smelting, deep processing, and comprehensive recovery. Its industrial footprint spans 7 provinces across 3 countries, with lead and zinc resource reserves, concentrate and refined product production, and overall competitive strength ranking first in China and fourth globally in the lead and zinc industry.
The company is highly competitive within the industry: its mine C3 cost is in the top quartile, and its smelting C3 cost is in the top half of the industry. Multiple technical and economic indicators lead the sector, with its zinc beneficiation recovery rate, lead beneficiation recovery rate, lead crude smelting recovery rate, total electro-zinc smelting recovery rate, and zinc hydrometallurgical direct recovery rate all reaching world-class levels. Built 7 green mines and 6 green factories, with crude lead, electrolytic zinc, and electrolytic lead products rated as National Energy Efficiency "Pacesetters". It holds 1,381 valid patents, and multiple scientific research projects have been successively awarded the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Special Prize and the National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize. It has undertaken key projects of the State Council SASAC's "Rejuvenation Action" and "Voyage Action", owns 10 national high-tech enterprises, and has been successively honored with titles such as "Advanced Grassroots Party Organization of Central State-Owned Enterprises" and "Nomination for the National Quality Award".
SMM Contact Person: Geng Zhiyao
Contact Number: 13818541149
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