Weihai port's heavy metal imports up for 4 years consecutively
2018-01-23 16:55:42 [Print]
According to news from Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Weihai, there were 51,300t of imported heavy metal in 2018, up by 15.6% YOY and a steady growth for consecutive 4 years.
Heavy metal is the raw material of copper, gold, lead and silver smelting. Over the past few years, with the economic development and social progress, the imports of heavy metal products in China have increased. It is reported that the import of heavy metal at Weihai port in 2017 mainly presented the following characteristics: the metal varieties were increasingly diversified, including copper concentrate, lead concentrate, zinc concentrate, copper ore and so on; The newly imported zinc concentrate and copper ore has a wide range of sources, including Peru, Australia, Ecuador, Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and other countries and regions. At the same time, the quality of imported metals became lower. In 2017, there were 352t of heavy metal mainly from South Africa and the Philippines destroyed or returned by the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Weihai Port.
Heavy metal is the raw material of copper, gold, lead and silver smelting. Over the past few years, with the economic development and social progress, the imports of heavy metal products in China have increased. It is reported that the import of heavy metal at Weihai port in 2017 mainly presented the following characteristics: the metal varieties were increasingly diversified, including copper concentrate, lead concentrate, zinc concentrate, copper ore and so on; The newly imported zinc concentrate and copper ore has a wide range of sources, including Peru, Australia, Ecuador, Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and other countries and regions. At the same time, the quality of imported metals became lower. In 2017, there were 352t of heavy metal mainly from South Africa and the Philippines destroyed or returned by the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Weihai Port.
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