China - Secondary copper wirerod producers to face new standard - 2 views
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James Wright on 28 Nov 11It was reported that a new criterion for the legislative standard which affects copper wirerod fabricators has been approved by a committee of experts and has been submitted to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China for consideration. Industry sources have stated that there is an emphasis on driving domestic innovation to lift the quality and utilisation rates of continuous casting and rolling mill technology, which is currently lagging behind higher performance, expensive foreign equipment. Approximately one third of copper scrap is used in the direct manufacture of copper and copper alloy wirerod and semis. However, it is thought that none of the 80 or so secondary copper rod manufacturers will meet the criteria outlined in the proposal.