China’s power shortages disrupt nonferrous operations

Authorities in several parts of China facing scorching heat have issued electricity supply alerts, including a call for a blanket ban on energy-intensive industrial production for one week in the Chongqing city, leading ferrous and nonferrous industry players to look for options to mitigate disruptions in activity, sources said. Chongqing in China’s southwest has called for energy-intensive industrial companies to…