China Dongling to Reopen Lead/Zinc Plant This Month

"Yes we are working on it. But (we) don't know exactly which day it will be reopened," a senior executive told Reuters when asked whether the company planned to restart the smelter this month.

The lead and zinc smelter in Changqing in Fengxiang county, close to Baoji city in Shaanxi province, has about 33,000 tonnes of annual lead capacity and 66,000 tonnes of zinc capacity.

The smelter was closed by authorities in August last year after hundreds of villagers broke into the plant to protest the alleged lead poisoning. In response, the local government later relocated villagers that lived near the smelter.

He said production at another plant owned by the company, the fourth biggest zinc maker in China, of 150,000 tonnes capacity a year remained normal.

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