Lingbao City of Henan Province said on Monday it has expanded the daily processing capacity to 800 tons of gold ore, becoming the largest gold smelting base of the country.

 

As a leading gold production base in China, Lingbao City now produces 14 tons of gold, 8,000 tons of electrolytic cooper, 41 tons of silver and 208,000 tons of sulfuric acid a year.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 16, 2006)