[SMM investigation] Regenerative lead profit repair weekly operating rate of recycled lead licensed refineries 54.9%

Published: Jul 19, 2019 13:22
According to a survey by Shanghai Color Network (SMM), the weekly operating rate of the SMM renewable lead smelter in the three provinces was 54.9% this week (July 13-July 19), up 4.1% from the previous month.

SMM, July 19 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-

据上海有 色 网(SMM)调研,本周(7月13日—7月19日)SMM再生铅持证冶炼厂三省周度开工率为54.9%,环比上升4.1%。

Among them, the operating rate of Jiangsu reclaimed lead smelter is 50.0%, which is the same as that of last week, and the operating rate of Henan reclaimed lead licensed smelter is 64.4%, down 3.4% from last week. The main reason is that the maintenance of Henan Jinpeng production line has not been restored, coupled with the impact of environmental protection self-examination in the province, production is expected to resume next month. The operation rate of Anhui reclaimed lead smelter is 55.1%, up 17.1% from last week. The main reason is that the contribution of Anhui Huabing Phase II production line is maintained at about 1000 tons, while the first phase of the production line has been suspended this week because of the high cost. Only one production line is in production, so Huapin has a daily output of about 1200 to 1300 tons per day this week. The surge of capital led to the lead price breaking through the upper limit of the box, while the scale refinery strictly controlled the purchase price of waste battery, the price of waste battery was limited, the smelting profit of recycled lead was greatly repaired, but the terminal consumption was not significantly improved. In this environment, the discount of electrolytic lead refinery expanded and occupied little consumer demand, which led to the further expansion of recycled refined lead discount. Tax recycled lead mainstream transaction price on the average price of SMM1# lead discount 200 yuan / ton factory, individual and even discount 350 yuan / ton.

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