Primary lead smelters operating rates rose to 59.5% last week

Published: Dec 28, 2020 13:20

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Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces gained 0.5 percentage point from the previous week to 59.5% in the week ended December 25, showed an SMM survey.

SHANGHAI, Dec 28 (SMM) — Operating rates across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces gained 0.5 percentage point from the previous week to 59.5% in the week ended December 25, showed an SMM survey.
The average operating rate fell 0.6 percentage point to 74.4% in Henan as Xinling halted production for maintenance. Smelters in Henan received the Notice on Launching a Red Warning for Heavy Air Pollution last week, but it did not affect local output last week.
Hunan Shuikoushan and Jinxin returning to normal production lifted the local operating rates by 2.6 percentage points to 51.6%.
The average operating rate remained unchanged at 35% in Yunnan as local smelters kept stable production.

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