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Home / Metal News / Primary lead smelters operating rates unchanged on week

Primary lead smelters operating rates unchanged on week

Sep 25, 2020 17:40

Source:SMM

Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces remained unchanged from a week ago at 59.3% in the week ended September 25, showed an SMM survey.

SHANGHAI, Sep 25 (SMM) — Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces remained unchanged from a week ago at 59.3% in the week ended September 25, showed an SMM survey.

The average operating rates for smelters in Henan, Yunnan and Hunan steadied at 75.5%, 35.8% and 47.2% respectively.

Domestic primary lead smelters operated normally this week. Zhongjin Lingnan completed maintenance this week, while West Mining was under maintenance. Henan Wanyang is likely to conduct maintenance after mid-October.

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