HomeNewsLatest news Nyrstar Port Pirie lead smelter outage to last 12 weeks, company confirms Miner-smelter Nyrstar expects the most recent outage at its Port Pirie lead smelter in Australia to last for 12 weeks, owner Trafigura confirmed to Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 13. Nyrstar had said earlier that an undescribed issue at Port Pirie’s TSL furnace would see it closed for “a number of weeks.” The smelter operator, which was acquired by Trafigura on July 31, declared force majeure on Port Pirie-related contracts to customers and suppliers on Friday of last week and over the weekend. “The... 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. Already registered? Log in Subscribe to the latest news: Personalized live and breaking news alerts Access live news and market information Access our market news archive back to 1997 Buy now Take a FREE 7 day trial: Access the past month's market insights Coverage from our experts embedded in the markets Try our global metal company database Take a trial Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Archie Hunter August 13, 2019 19:14 GMT London Keywords Nyrstar Port Pirie Trafigura lead lead prices Australia Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}
