“Dugald River’s SAG Mill is at the moment present process unscheduled upkeep,” MMG mentioned. “At this stage we’re assessing the length of possible repairs. Nonetheless, we anticipate that manufacturing of focus will resume mid-August.”
The Dugald River mine in Queensland is among the world’s 10 greatest zinc mines and produced 44,760 metric tons of zinc in focus within the first quarter of 2024, MMG’s web site says.
The zinc concentrates market is already tight and the Dugald closure is predicted to create additional shortages, one dealer mentioned.
MMG mentioned the mill stoppage was anticipated to have minimal influence on general 2024 manufacturing.
(By Julian Luk and Eric Onstad; Modifying by David Goodman)