Onahama Smelting & Refining to Treat 40% More Shredder Dust
Fukushima based copper smelter, Onahama Smelting & Refining, in which Mitsubishi Materials, Dowa Metals and Mining and Furukawa Metals & Resources have interests, plans to increase the shredder dust recycling to monthly 14,800 tonnes in fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009, which is around 40% higher than fiscal 2007 ended March 2008. The firm tries to utilize the 25% higher treatment capacity at 15,000 tonnes after launch of new furnace in December 2007.
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