LONDON, Sept 11 - Japan's largest copper producer JX Metals Group said on Monday its Saganoseki smelter is operating normally despite market talk and that the plant will be shut for planned maintenance late next month.
The sources also said the smelter which turns concentrate into copper metal had been closed for more than a week. "The planned maintenance at the Saganoseki Smelter and Refinery is scheduled to begin in late October, as previously scheduled."The Saganoseki copper smelter with capacity to produce 450,000 tonnes of copper a year.
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