Lihua on Track to Launch Production on New Smelters in April

Lihua International, Inc.

today announced that it is on track to commence production of copper anode on its two new smelters by the end of April. The construction team is currently completing the connection of the recycling system to the smelters and the dedicated power grid. Each of these smelters will add 25,000-30,000 tons of copper anode capacity on an annualized basis, giving Lihua a total of 85,000-95,000 tons of copper anode capacity per year and a total of 135,000 – 145,000 tons of refined copper production capacity per year.