HomeNewsDaily briefs High-silver lead concentrate TCs rise to 2-year highs on Port Pirie outage; zinc market locks in benchmark The continued closure of the import arbitrage window to China and the lingering absence of Nyrstar's Port Pirie from the market triggered a rise in treatment charges for lead concentrates over July, while TCs for zinc concentrates also rose. Fastmarkets assessed low-silver spot lead concentrate TCs at $30-50 per tonne cif China on July 26, up from $20-30 per tonne a month earlier. Spot TCs for high-silver lead concentrates rose to $50-75 per tonne from $40-60 previously. Nyrstar expects to restart lead smelting at its Port Pirie works in Australia at the end of July, it said, adding that 30,000 tonnes of lead output had been lost because of an unplanned production outage there. China’s customs agency reported... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok To view this content, please take a free trial or subscribe to our service in just a few steps. Already registered? Log in Discover what Fastmarkets MB has to offer with a FREE 7 day trial: View a sample of all 1,000+ prices Access the past month's market insights No commitment Try our global metal company database Get free access now Subscribe now to get access to Fastmarkets MB: 1,000+ metals prices and premiums including key industry benchmarks Prices analysis tool Live news and breaking news alerts Contact information for 11,500+ companies Subscribe now Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Anna Xu Archie Hunter July 29, 2019 17:21 GMT London, Shanghai Keywords zinc lead zinc concentrate lead concentrate Port Pirie Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}
