SHANGHAI, Sept. 5 (SMM) – Aluminum scrap rod makers in Henan’s Changge, the country’s most concentrated region for production of the product, have restarted production across the board after environmental checks loosened, SMM learned.
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Local aluminum scrap rod makers shut down on a large scale when environmental protection inspection team came earlier.
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The restart has squeezed orders of primary aluminum rod makers, SMM found.
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