Anhui Tongguan eyes July zinc plant start

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China’s Anhui Tongguan Nonferrous Metals (Chizhou) ex-npects to begin commercial operations at its 100,000 mtyear electrolytic refined zinc plant in Chizhou, Anhui prov-nince, by the end of the July, a company source said last nweek. Construction of the Yuan 1 billion ($154.7 million) nplant began in August 2009 and trial runs started in May, nhe said. “Our plant will mainly produce the 99.995% refinenzinc ingot,” he said. The source said that all the output winbe for the domestic market, declining to reveal the com-npany’s production target for this year. Tongguan plans to ninvest a further Yuan 1.9 billion ($294 million) to lift the nplant’s capacity by 200,000 mt/year to 300,000 mt/year.nBut he did not provide a timeline for the expansion.