According to SMM research, June saw maintenance alongside recovery at lead and zinc mines, with regions like Inner Mongolia and Tibet stabilizing output after resuming production.

According to customs data, China’s import volume of lead concentrate in October 2023 was 97,500 mt, a month-on-month decrease of 8.93%, and a year-on-year increase of 63.64%.

SHANGHAI, Mar 27 (SMM) – Customs data on lead concentrate imports in January-February is as below.

SHANGHAI, Mar 16 (SMM) – The average operating rate of lead concentrate mines in the new SMM sample stood at 42.3% in February, up 8.6 percentage points MoM and 6 percentage points YoY.

SHANGHAI, Feb 15 (SMM) - The average operating rate of lead concentrate mines in SMM’s new survey sample stood at 33.6% in January, down 22.8 percentage points MoM.