It has been a tough year for one of Guangdong's very best and most elaborate scrap recovery operations. At the sprawling Winmex copper and aluminium scrap processing facility in Nanhai, volume has declined significantly year on year since the onset of the economic crisis - from an average of 8000 tonnes per month in 2008 to 5000 tonnes in 2009, according to Purchasing Manager Lucky Hu. The workforce too has been reduced to 500 employees from a 2008 high of 700.
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