China's Western Mining mined 29.78 million tonnes, shipped 31.14 million tonnes and processed 30.09 million tonnes of ores in 2023, completing 98.92%, 100.31% and 97.37% of its respective target, according to the company's annual report.

In 2023, Western Mining produced 60,339 tonnes of lead in concentrate, up by 17% YoY, 120,305 tonnes of zinc in concentrate, up by 7.4% YoY, 131,298 tonnes of copper in concentrate, down by 9% YoY, 3,401 tonnes of molybdenum in concentrate, up by 1.9% YoY, 1,425 tonnes of ammonium metavanadate, up by 24.5% YoY, and 1.19 million tonnes of iron concentrate, down by 34% YoY.

The company reported higher refined production in the year, including 182,974 tonnes of refined copper, 90,925 tonnes of refined lead and 118,752 tonnes of refined zinc, up by 10.53%, 21.78% and 37.14% respectively from the prior year.

In 2023, the company also produced about 128,000 tonnes of high-purity magnesium hydroxide, up by 33% YoY, and 55,438 tonnes of high-purity magnesium oxide, up by 74% YoY.