SHANGHAI, Nov 18 (SMM)—China produced 914,000 mt of copper cathode in October, up 5.4% on the year, and for the first ten months of this year China’s copper cathode output totalled 8.36 million mt, with a year on year increase of 6.1%, according the data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). While alumina output fell to 6.39 million mt, lead output recorded a new high of 599,000 mt in October as smelters raised operating rates.
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