SHANGHAI, Apr. 23 (SMM) – Daye Nonferrous Metals Group plans to put its 300,000 tpy bright copper rod project on stream before May 1, the company said on its website.

Works on the project have been progressing smoothly, except for a slight delay of imported equipment delivery, and all the staff members were still racing to make sure the project would start operation before May 1, said Cheng Xi, President of Daye Nonferrous Ruixin Copper Co.