Since the beginning of the 21st century, China's non-ferrous metal industry has developed rapidly and has become the largest producer and consumer of non-ferrous metals in the world. However, the deep-seated contradictions existing in China's non-ferrous metal industry are still very prominent, some products are overcapacity, the industrial layout needs to be adjusted, the degree of industrial intensification is low, the degree of resource security is not high, the ability of independent innovation is not strong, and the level of recycling and utilization is low. The task of eliminating backward production capacity is arduous. Under such a complex background, what is the current situation and future trend of 2019 lead and zinc smelting market? At the 2019 (14th) lead and Zinc Summit held in Chenzhou, Hunan Province on April 2-3, 2019, industry experts will make a detailed interpretation of this, please look forward to it!

Zhuzhou smelting Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhuzhou smelter or Company) originated from the Zhuzhou smelter founded in 1956 and is a key enterprise settled in Zhuzhou during the first five-year Plan period. Zhuzhou smelter is a major lead and zinc production base in China, a benchmark enterprise in China's lead and zinc smelting industry, and a national high-tech enterprise. It is also the first batch of pilot enterprises for circular economy construction and Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan "two-type" social pilot enterprises.

The company mainly produces lead, zinc and its alloy products, and comprehensive recovery of copper, gold, silver, indium, bismuth and other rare and precious metals and sulfuric acid. Zhuzhou smelter lead and zinc scale for many years to maintain the first in China, the world's top five, "Torch" trademark is a national well-known trademark. Zhuye has a national enterprise technology center, enterprise postdoctoral research station, intelligent zinc smelting academician workstation, more than 160 patented technologies in the field of lead and zinc, ranking first in China. Since 2003, the proportion of deep processing of lead and zinc products has reached more than 80%. Zhuzhou Metallurgical "Torch Brand" products are famous all over the world and are the main hot-dip galvanizing suppliers of large steel mills at home and abroad, with a high-end market share of more than 70%.

In 2018, the company steadily promoted the orderly shutdown of green production capacity, achieved sales revenue of 12.8 billion yuan, and completed a total lead and zinc production capacity of 433600 tons (Qingshuitang headquarters). At the same time, the company's new zinc production base in Hengyang Changning Shuikoushan on December 26, 2018 successfully achieved feeding production, lead and rare projects in the base construction is also actively promoting.

Since the establishment of the enterprise, Zhuye has actively fulfilled its social responsibility, played an exemplary role in large state-owned enterprises, and is committed to promoting the economic development of the local society. Since 1990, in the past 28 years, Zhuye has created a total output value of more than 1800 billion yuan, realized a total of more than 10 billion yuan in profits and taxes, and achieved 6 billion yuan in taxes. From the early 1990s to 2006, the contribution of Zhuzhou smelter to local finance has always been more than 10%, and its cumulative contribution to local GDP has reached 105 billion yuan, which has made an important contribution to the national economy, labor force resettlement and social stability in Zhuzhou City. And led to the relevant employment of about 100000 people.

The company has passed the certification of quality, environment, occupational health and safety. "Torch Brand" zinc ingots, lead ingots, cadmium ingots and hot-dip galvanized alloys enjoy the title of "Gold Award" and "National customer satisfaction products". The "Torch Brand" trademark has won a well-known trademark in China. Is lead ingots, zinc ingots, silver ingots are certified in the London Metal Exchange registered in China's earliest enterprises. The company's zinc ingots and lead ingots are also certified and registered in the Shanghai Futures Exchange, and the gold ingots are certified by the ingot enterprises of the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Zinc and zinc alloy products are included in the national export exemption products.

All along, Zhuye adheres to operating according to law and administering enterprises according to law. In the development of production at the same time, vigorously carry out environmental pollution control. In the past ten years since the Eleventh five-year Plan, Zhuzhou Metallurgical Co., Ltd. has promoted transformation, upgrading and green development in accordance with the development strategy of national energy saving, emission reduction and circular economy, with the goal of "green smelting". Over the past ten years, a total of more than 3 billion yuan has been invested in technical transformation, and the direct leaching zinc smelting process with the world advanced level and the Kifset direct lead smelting technology with the world advanced level imported from Kazakhstan have been introduced successively from Finland. The "lead-zinc combined green smelting production mode" of energy saving and environmental protection has been formed, and the sintering blast lead smelting process has been eliminated, and the environmental performance has been greatly improved. Through the development and application of biotechnology and membrane treatment technology for the upgrading of water treatment processes and the implementation of the "zero discharge of wastewater" project, the discharge standard of external drainage has been reduced from 10 million tons per year to 1 million tons per year, and the amount of new water used has also been reduced by nearly half. The water and gas pollutants of Zhuzhou smelter have been discharged up to the standard. At the same time, Zhuzhou Metallurgical Co., Ltd. cooperates with government departments to supervise and enforce environmental pollution. The company's external drainage and tail gas emissions are monitored online by the environmental protection department 24 hours a day, and its monitoring data are made public to the public. Zhuzhou smelter also attaches great importance to the coordination of good relations with the surrounding enterprises. Through the party building platform, join hands to build enterprise land harmony, donate caring wheelchairs for the sick and disabled villagers in the surrounding communities, donate funds to poor students, and achieve the common development of enterprises through market-oriented means.

A key step in the Construction of the demonstration Base of Copper, lead and Zinc Industry in Minmetals

In March 2014, Zhuzhou smelter actively responded to the relocation and transformation plan of the national old industrial base, formulated the development plan of "green transfer in the province, transformation and upgrading in the city", and actively promoted the relocation and transformation and industrial structure adjustment of the company in Qingshuitang area. Finally, with the strong support of China Minmetals, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government and Hunan Nonferrous holding Company, Zhuzhou smelter's 300000 tons of zinc smelting capacity and 100000 tons of lead smelting capacity were explicitly upgraded to Hengyang Shuikoushan. At the same time, it is integrated into the copper, lead and zinc industry demonstration base of Hunan Nonferrous Metals holding Group Co., Ltd.

The zinc project of the copper, lead and zinc industrial base officially started construction on November 29, 2017. 13 months later, on December 26, 2018, the zinc roasting system realized that the trial production of the zinc roasting system was 6 to 8 months ahead of the normal construction schedule. It has created a new record for the construction of similar projects at home and abroad. Copper, lead and zinc base planning capacity of 300000 tons of zinc, 300000 tons of copper, 100000 tons of lead. The total investment of the project exceeds 10 billion yuan and is implemented in two phases. The first phase is the construction of 300000 tons of zinc smelting project and 100000 tons of lead transformation project, and the second phase of construction of 200000 tons of copper smelting project, which is the largest one-time non-ferrous smelting project in the world. After the base is completed and put into production, it is estimated that the annual income will reach 30 billion yuan, and the profit and tax will be about 1.5 billion yuan.

In the process of project construction, Zhuye actively responded to the national "intelligent manufacturing" requirements, set up a special academician workstation, carried out the integration of the two, and made every effort to build an intelligent modern factory. The main core technologies of the project include: the largest 152m2 boiling roasting furnace in the world, the largest single series 300000 ton leaching system in the world, the deep purification system of OTC solution, and the technology of large plate electrolysis and automatic zinc peeling, which takes into account the time-sharing benefit in China. The largest oxygen-rich volatile rotary kiln in the industry; indium direct extraction of zinc and indium; unique waste acid treatment technology to ensure zero discharge of industrial wastewater; intelligent production control / decision support system of the whole plant; independent intellectual property SKS lead and copper smelting technology.

The construction of the project fully embodies the concept of green development. The project is designed according to the most stringent environmental protection standards in China, with zero discharge of industrial wastewater, the first domestic non-ferrous enterprise, and the exhaust gas SO2 is designed according to 80mg/Nm3, which is 1/5 of the national discharge standard. The Wiltz method is used in the design of waste slag to realize the recovery of valuable metal and the harmless comprehensive utilization of tail slag. The total investment in environmental protection of the project is 2.8 billion yuan, accounting for 33 per cent of the investment in construction. After the completion and implementation of the project, China Minmetals member enterprises can achieve SO2 emission reduction of more than 15000 tons / year; The key prevention and control elements (lead, arsenic, cadmium, Hg) have been reduced 1.5 times in the Xiangjiang River Basin, only 1/4 before the implementation of the project, and the pollutants in the Xiangjiang River Basin have been greatly reduced.

The demonstration base of copper, lead and zinc industry in Minmetals is a green economy development project of strategic cooperation between Minmetals and Hunan Province, a key project of comprehensive environmental management in Xiangjiang River Basin, a livelihood project of state-owned enterprise reform and local coordinated development.

The transformation and upgrading project is based on the platform of Zhuzhou Metallurgical Group Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., the active layout of zinc-based alloy, environmental protection industry, strategic emerging materials, electric power and intelligence and other industries, related work has made substantial progress. In March 2019, the zinc-based material project officially started construction in Lukou District, and the smooth construction of the two transfer projects has taken a key step for the company to become a leader in the lead and zinc industry, a new force in new materials, a leader in the environmental protection industry, and a demonstration of innovation and development.

Vision of Zhuzhou Metallurgical Co., Ltd.-to become a "double first Class" New Metallurgical Enterprise Association

Company vision: based on copper, lead and zinc products, relying on deep processing products, with new energy, new materials, new environmental protection industries and new service industries as the growth pole, It has become a first-class "double-first-class" new metallurgical enterprise association with first-class core competitiveness and first-class comprehensive profitability, and has become a model of innovation and transformation to "jump out of" smelting and seek development.

Strategic positioning: the leader of lead and zinc smelting, the new force of new materials, the leader of environmental protection industry, the demonstration of innovation and development.