Secondary lead smelters operating rates rose to 56.3% this week

Published: Oct 23, 2020 14:28

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Operating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou averaged 56.3% in the week ended October 23, up 1.1 percentage points from the previous week, showed an SMM survey.

SHANGHAI, Oct 23 (SMM) – Operating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou averaged 56.3% in the week ended October 23, up 1.1 percentage points from the previous week, showed an SMM survey.

The average operating rates in Anhui and Jiangsu remained unchanged at 50% and 53.3% respectively.

The average operating rate in Henan lost 2.8 percentage points to 76.8% as Henan Jinli overhauled a new production line due to its instability.

Recovery of Guizhou Sanhe from maintenance and stepped-up production at Guizhou Jinlong after technology upgrading lifted the average operating rate by 9.5 percentage points to 53.6%.

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