LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - Metals company Nyrstar,
owned by commodities group Trafigura , has reopened
the Stolberg lead smelter in Germany, it said on Thursday.
Stolberg, previously owned by Ecobat, was closed in 2021
after massive flooding in the west and south of the country and
remained shut during its sale to Trafigura.
"After the successful completion of the acquisition of the
Stolberg facility by Trafigura on February 15, it can be
confirmed that the Nyrstar Stolberg site is now back online," a
Nyrstar statement said.
The Stolberg plant largely supplies European battery
producers with lead.
It has the capacity to produce 155,000 tonnes of lead, more
than 100 different specifications of lead alloys and 130,000
tonnes of sulphuric acid.
(Reporting by Eric Onstad
Editing by David Goodman
)
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