ChinaManufacturing2025 – ongoingChina Minmetals Corporation
Zhuzhou zinc-electrolysis AI control
Minmetals reported zinc-electrolysis electricity savings of 30 kWh per tonne
Problem
Cell monitoring depended on manual judgment.
Approach
Zhuzhou used AI and infrared imaging. Reinforcement learning fed optimized settings to process controls.
Results
30kWhless electricity per tonne of zinc, per Minmetals
Takeaway
Sensing fed directly into operating adjustments.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer visionOptimization
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
[1]China Minmetals Corporation, republished by Sina Finance2 Dec 2025
Minmetals described AI and infrared imaging linked to electrolysis controls. It reported electricity savings of 30 kWh per tonne of zinc.
Full details are in the original sources.
Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026