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China considering closure of small recycled lead plants

Mineweb | August 18, 2011 | 6:24 am Base Metals China Europe Lead

According to a draft policy document, the Asian giant is planning to increases controls on production of recycled lead and hopes to, by 2013, phase out plants that produce less than 30,000 tonnes annually. HONG KONG (Reuters) – China plans to tighten