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Home / Metal News / Primary lead smelters operating rates fell to 60.9% this week

Primary lead smelters operating rates fell to 60.9% this week

Dec 11, 2020 15:33

Source:SMM

Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces lost 1.7 percentage points from the previous week to 60.9% in the week ended December 11, showed an SMM survey.

SHANGHAI, Dec 11 (SMM) – Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces lost 1.7 percentage points from the previous week to 60.9% in the week ended December 11, showed an SMM survey.

Maintenance at Yunnan Zhenxing is expected to last for 15 days, and Henan Xinling will conduct maintenance next week. Hunan Huihong Technology started trial production this week.

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Analysis

Operating Rates of Primary Lead Smelters Down 1.35 Percentage Points on Week

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Analysis

Operating rates of primary lead smelters up 0.24 percentage point on week

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Analysis

Operating rates of secondary lead smelters surged 7.15 percentage points on week

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Analysis

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Dec 31, 2020 17:13

Analysis

Primary lead smelters operating rates fell to 57.5% this week

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Dec 18, 2020 16:41

Analysis

Operating rates at lead-acid battery makers unchanged at 74.43%

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Analysis

Secondary lead smelters operating rates steady on limited scrap supply

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Analysis

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Analysis

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