Antaike sees China’s 2015 lead consumption lower

摘要

China’s 2015 lead concentrateconsumption was set to be lower thanexpected due to a domestic supply surplus,slowing growth in refined lead demand andhigher domestic refined lead output, staterunmetals consultancy Beijing Antaike saidon January 20.The agency revised down its estimatefor China’s 2015 lead consumption to 3million mt from an earlier estimate of3.26 million mt.