Zhuzhou smelting group co., ltd. is a wholly state-owned company restructured from Zhuzhou smelter. the group company is a non-ferrous metal comprehensive smelting enterprise which mainly produces zinc, lead and its alloy products, and comprehensively recycles copper, gold, silver, bismuth, cadmium, indium and other rare precious metals and sulfuric acid products. its annual production capacity reaches 330,000 tons, including 250,000 tons of zinc, 70,000 tons of lead and 10,000 tons of copper, with a sales income of 3.2 billion yuan. its export of lead and zinc accounts for 20 % of the total export of lead and zinc in China, and it is the main production and export base of lead and zinc.