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Home / Metal News / Zinc Inventories at China Zinc Smelters to Grow in July, SMM Says

Zinc Inventories at China Zinc Smelters to Grow in July, SMM Says

Jul 26, 2017 10:33

Source:SMM

Zinc inventories at Chinese zinc smelters will increase 1 day of production in July, SMM foresees.

SHANGHAI, Jul 26 (SMM) - Zinc inventories at Chinese zinc smelters will increase 1 day of production in July, SMM foresees.

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Production is steady at zinc smelters in July, but orders from die-cast zinc alloy and other downstream producers decreased, SMM explained.

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Zinc inventories at zinc smelters were still low at 51,700 tonnes in June, down slightly from May’s, SMM found.

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