The Bulgarian Pirdop copper plant of Belgium's Umicore is on track to produce a record 225,000 tons of copper anodes this year, and Umicore expects to be able to boost output to 255,000 tons by 2007, Reuters reported on November 15. The company has revised its earlier forecast for flat y/y output. The Pirdop smelter posted an output of 100,000 tons in January-June despite a scheduled repair-related work stoppage in April.