Huludao Nonferrous Metals Achieved a "Good Start" in the First Quarter

With the drums of war urging progress and the decisive battle for victory, MCC Huludao Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huludao Nonferrous") has anchored its annual targets and tasks in the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the decisive year of the three-year action plan. The company has been racing against time, intensifying efforts, and working together to overcome challenges. From January to March, the company achieved a YoY increase of 3.18% in the production of nonferrous products, a YoY increase of 10.98% in the total volume of chemical products, and a YoY increase of 30.79% in industrial output value, delivering an outstanding first-quarter performance.

Facing a still severe market situation, Huludao Nonferrous, while strictly adhering to safety red lines and environmental protection bottom lines, follows market laws and seizes opportunities based on actual user needs. The company focuses on "increasing production, improving quality, and enhancing efficiency, while reducing costs, consumption, and losses" to tap internal potential and refine operations. The business system, production system, and various functional departments work closely together, scientifically analyzing market trends and industry development, optimizing the supply, production, and sales structure, and strengthening the coordination and guarantee of production factors. The entire workforce works in unison to overcome unfavorable factors, fully leveraging the complementary advantages of processes, improving the processing capacity of mixed ores and materials, and maintaining a good momentum of continuous and stable production.

All smelting systems at Huludao Nonferrous are operating at full capacity, striving for excellence with precise control and meticulous implementation. The sulfuric acid plant has made every effort to overcome the practical difficulties caused by severe winter weather in unloading and batching, ensuring that incoming ore is unloaded immediately upon arrival. Large quantities of frozen ore are crushed, and the composition of incoming ore and intermediate materials is carefully calculated to determine the optimal ratio, strictly adhering to batching process requirements. In response to changes in raw material structure and market demand, the electrolytic zinc plant and refined zinc plant have accelerated production rhythms while firmly maintaining a balance between product quality and comprehensive benefits. Process control has been optimized, and impurity removal and system cleaning have been strengthened, providing strong support for subsequent processes. In the zinc product process, each electric furnace is dedicated to producing "customized" products for each user, with operators meticulously adjusting furnace temperatures and times, making great efforts to improve direct production rates, recovery rates, and first-pass inspection qualification rates. In the rectification process, employees maintain rectification towers to extend their operational lifespan, with daily furnace production remaining high, continuously consolidating the "Hu Zinc" brand advantage and meeting the needs of users, especially those of high-end products. In the copper system, from the oxygen furnace to the continuous blowing furnace and anode furnace, all are operating at high load and high efficiency. Operators monitor the operational status of each process, focus on key links, and pay attention to every detail, ensuring that the copper system runs more smoothly after process reengineering and that production potential is fully realized.

As the production of the oxygen furnace and continuous blowing furnace continues to increase, the operations of copper and slag tapping by operators have also increased accordingly. Employees diligently execute production instructions to ensure the smooth output of each batch of blister copper and even copper anode. With sufficient raw material supply, the electrolytic copper system works against the clock, crafting with precision, maximizing effective time, stabilizing process operations, and producing high-quality copper cathode. The comprehensive utilization plant processes and recovers materials based on their variety and grade. According to the smelting cycle, the production of each furnace is reasonably arranged, and the enrichment of valuable metals is strengthened to create conditions for refining, ensuring stable and high-quality production of small-volume metals such as gold and silver, effectively locking in comprehensive benefits.