Talvivaara’s Q3 zinc output dips

摘要

Talvivaara Min-ning produced 7,286 mt of zinc in the third quarter, down from n7,557 mt in Q3 2010, the Finnish miner said last week. During nthe third quarter, Talvivaara’s production was constrained by nproblems in hydrogen sulfide generators, the company said, nadding that because hydrogen sulfide is an essential reagent nin the metals recovery process, “the unforeseen downtime in nthe generators had a direct impact on Q3 2011 production noutput.” Year-to-date production at the end of September was nup, however, at 21,291 mt of zinc (up from 16,092 mt)