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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 secondary lead smelters surged 7.15 percentage points on week

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Jun 18, 2021 18:00

Analysis

Primary lead operating rates declined due to insufficient raw materials

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Analysis

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Analysis

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

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Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces remained unchanged at 61% in the week ended November 20, showed an SMM survey.

Nov 20, 2020 17:02

Analysis

Primary lead smelters operating rates remained unchanged at 61% this week

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Analysis

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Operating rates across licensed smelters of secondary lead in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou halted their increase and held flat at 49.6% in the week ended April 17, showed an SMM survey, as limited availability of raw material scrap deterred smelters purchases.

Apr 17, 2020 15:34

Analysis

Secondary lead smelters operating rates steady on limited scrap supply

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Analysis

Primary lead smelters maintained stable production despite smog alerts

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Analysis

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