China - Amer international begins construction of 500,000t/y copper wire and rod plant - 0 views
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James Wright on 14 Sep 12Amer International Group, a Chinese copper products fabricator, announced that it is building a 500,000t/y copper wire and rod plant in Zhangmutou Town, Dongguan City, Gunagdong Province. The facility will have additional capacity to produce 100,000t/y of copper alloy products. The company expects to bring the operation on stream by 2015 and the combined investment cost amounts to RMB11.2B (US$1.8B). Amer currently has an attributable wirerod production capacity of 250,000t/y through its subsidiary's plant situated in the Tongling Economic and Technological Development Zone. The company is targeting a wirerod production capacity of 1.5Mt/y via two further projects.