SPMP signs a multi-year antimony supply agreement with Traxys

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Strategic & Precious Metals Processing LLC’s (SPMP) multi-year supplyagreement for antimony and antimony gold concentrates with TraxysEurope SA could threaten Chinese supply due to SPMP’s lowerproduction costs, market sources told Metal Bulletin.Omani SPMP’s antimony roasting plant is the first commercialscaleplant built outside of China, with a capacity of 20,000 tpy ofantimony (roughly 12% of global output) and 50,000 oz per year ofgold. It is based in the port of Sohar free zone, Oman. London-basedTri-Star Resources owns a 40% stake of SPMP.