The domestic copper cathode output in December stood at 870,300 mt, up 5.38% month-on-month (MoM) and 0.97% year-on-year (YoY). Generally speaking, many smelters have completed their maintenance, and some recovered quickly from accidents.
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The average operating rate across primary lead smelters in Henan, Hunan and Yunnan provinces gained 5.29 percentage points from the previous week to 54.16% in the week ended November 5, an SMM survey showed.