China's refined zinc output stood at 509,100 mt in August, rising 16,300 or up 3.3% on month and up 1.98% on year.

China’s refined tin output rose on a month-on-month basis in August as a large-scale smelter recovered production from maintenance at the end of July.

SMM data showed that China produced 285,000 mt of primary lead in August, up 9.99% from July, and up 12.01% from a year ago.

Bengang plans to overhaul its production line of 2,230 mm cold-rolled coils for 10 days from August 25 and will resume operations on September 5, and this is expected to reduce cold-rolled galvanising output by 140,000 mt, SMM learned. In addition, Masteel also plans to put its cold rolling lines under maintenance, which will cut cold-rolled coil output by about 150,000 mt.   

China’s refined tin output fell MoM in July as a large-scale smelter in Yunnan suspended production for maintenance.

China’s primary lead output ended its four-month increases and fell by more than 10,000 mt in July as primary lead smelters, including Yunnan Chihong, Jiangxi Copper, Hunan Shuikoushan and Jingui, undertook routine maintenance. Besides, equipment breakdown across some smelters in Henan, Jiangxi and Yunnan further weighed on July output.

China’s NPI output fell 3% from June and 14.74% from a year earlier to 43,200 mt (Ni content) in July. This included 36,000 mt (Ni content) of high-grade NPI, down 3.87% on month, and 7,200 mt (Ni content) of low-grade NPI, up 1.56% month on month.

Most of the large-scale copper mines in the world saw year-on-year declines in output in the first half of 2020, according to their H1 production results.

China’s copper cathode output continued to rise in May after some of the smelters recovered from maintenance.

China’s output of nickel sulphate extended its decline in May, as weak demand, existing inventories and the ongoing price war forced some producers to trim or suspend production.