SHANGHAI, Apr 17 (SMM) - The operating rates of licensed secondary lead smelters across Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Inner Mongolia averaged 42.33% last week, down 2.2 percentage points on the week.
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The operating rates across smelters of secondary lead in four provinces (Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Guizhou) averaged 44.53% last week, down 1.31 percentage points from the previous week.
SMM data showed that China' s copper cathode output stood at 951,400 mt in March, up 43,600 mt or 4.8% from the previous month and 12.1% from the same period in 2022.
SMM data showed that China’s copper cathode output stood at 870,000 mt in December 2022, down 3.3% from the previous month and flat from the same period in 2021. The actual output was 17,900 mt lower than the expected 887,900 mt. The output totalled 10.28 million mt in 2022, up 3.07% or 306,200 mt year-on-year.