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Home / Metal News / Operating rate at primary lead smelters up 2.1 percentage points in May

Operating rate at primary lead smelters up 2.1 percentage points in May

Jun 8, 2018 16:04

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The operating rate across China's primary lead smelters in May gained 2.1 percentage points from April and stood at 59.7%, SMM surveyed.

SHANGHAI, Jun 8 (SMM) – The operating rate across China's primary lead smelters in May gained 2.1 percentage points from April and stood at 59.7%, SMM surveyed. The figure is down 0.09 percentage points from the same period last year.

SMM expects that operating rates will fall to 55.2% in June as primary lead smelters in Jiyuan, Henan province faced month-long production cuts of 30-50% for environmental reviews.

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