Japan's Dowa expects first-half copper output to rise 18.7%

DOWA Holdings

01/04/2022 10:09

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japanese smelter Dowa Holdings Co
Ltd  5714.T  expects to produce 33,365 tonnes of refined copper
in the first half of the 2022/23 financial year, it said on
Friday, up 18.7% from a year earlier.
    The first half runs from April to September.
    Following are output plan details, with comparisons against
planned production in the second half of the 2021/22 financial
year and actual output in the first half of 2021/22. 
     (Copper, zinc and lead in tonnes, gold and silver in
kilograms): 
            H1 FY22/23   H2 FY21/22    H1 FY21/22
  Copper        33,365       32,186        28,114
    Zinc        85,956       94,380        82,141
    Lead         5,071        5,870         5,360
    Gold         2,997        3,619         3,285
  Silver       174,000      183,000       150,000
 

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi
Editing by David Goodman
)
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