SHANGHAI, Sep 5 (SMM) – Zijin Mining on Monday September 2 took a further step towards the commissioning of its copper smelting project in north China’s Heilongjiang province, adding feed to the facility, according to a report by the company on its WeChat account.
The project, which is designed to produce a maximum of 150,000 mt of copper cathode and 600,000 mt of sulphuric acid a year, started trial production on August 18.

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