China's Zhuzhou zinc smelter has successfully met its production target of 300,000 tonnes per year in 2020, the company said on December 19, after a costly relocation that had weighed on output in recent years.
But this target is still lower than the smelter's capacity prior to relocation. The flagship zinc smelting complex had capacity to produce 450,000 tpy of refined zinc when it was located in Zhuzhou city, Hunan province, and was the largest...