[SMM Survey] Recycling lead Industry gradually recovers the Weekly operating rate of licensed Enterprises rises to 40.4%

Published: Apr 3, 2020 14:44

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SMM, 3 April:

According to SMM (SMM) research, this week (March 28-April 3) SMM recycled lead license smelter weekly operating rate of 40.4%, up 6.9% from the previous month.

Among them, the operating rate of Jiangsu recycled lead license smelting enterprises is 33.3%, and that of Henan recycled lead license smelting enterprises is 42.7%, which is the same as that of Anhui recycled lead license smelting enterprises. The operating rate of Anhui recycled lead license smelting enterprises is 30.9%, up 17.2% from the previous month, mainly due to the recent increase in the daily output of platinum to more than 1000 tons. The operating rate of Guizhou recycled lead smelting enterprises was 65.1%, up 7.0% from the previous month, mainly due to the expansion of Guizhou Yongxin to two production lines last week.

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