Lead and zinc recycler Recylex reported sales revenue of ?,?75.8 million ($84.76 million) in the first quarter of 2019, a fall of 20% year on year due to major maintenance shutdowns and falling prices for lead and zinc, the company said on Wednesday April 24.
Sales revenue from lead, accounting for 60% of the company's total sales, declined by 23% to ?,?45.8 million during the first three months of 2019 from ?,?59.6 million in the same time period a year ago, Europe's third largest lead producer said. The main causes of the sales drop were a...