Itronics' quarterly loss widens

Itronics Inc.

lost $932,018 on revenues of $243,396 in the quarter ended Sept.

30.

In the same period a year earlier, the Reno-based recycler of photochemicals reported a loss of $769,956 on revenues of $289,734.

The company said sales of fertilizer it makes from used photochemicals were off because of a late spring season in California.

But it said sales appear to be rebounding.

Its sales of silver another material recovered from the photo wastes rose to $65,089 in the quarter compared with $17,285 a year earlier.

Itronics said last week expanded its capacity to produce silver.

With a new concentrator and filtration system, the company can produce about 60,000 ounces of silver a year, up from the previous production level of 20,000 ounces a year.

The expansion cost about $120,000, said Dr.

John Whitney, president of the publicly held company.