Japan's Dowa expects H2 copper output to slip

DOWA Holdings

01/10/2020 06:14

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japanese smelter Dowa Holdings Co
Ltd  5714.T  said on Thursday it plans to produce 32,443 tonnes
of refined copper in the second half of the 2020/21 financial
year, down 0.9% from a year earlier.
    The second half runs from October to March.
    Following are output plan details, with comparisons against
planned first-half production and actual second-half production 
for the 2019/20 financial year, which ended on March 31.    
    
    (Copper, zinc and lead in tonnes): 
           H2 FY20/21    H1 FY20/21   H2 FY19/20
  Copper       32,443        34,258       32,737
    Lead        6,238         5,777        5,931
    Zinc       93,490        84,358       90,800
       

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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