Japan's Furukawa plans 3% y/y cut in H2 copper output

Furukawa

01/10/2019 07:21

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japanese smelter Furukawa Co Ltd
 5715.T  said on Tuesday it planned to produce 38,183 tonnes of
refined copper in the October-March period in the 2019/20
financial year, down 3.1% from the same period a year ago.
    Following are details of Furukawa's output plan, with
comparisons against estimated production in the first half of
the 2019/20 financial year and actual production in the second
half of 2018/19.
    
(copper in tonnes, gold and silver in kilograms):
         H2 FY19/20  H1 FY19/20     H2 FY18/19
 Copper      38,183      39,284         39,390
   Gold         786       1,081          1,631
 Silver      11,505       9,697         10,460
 

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; editing by Darren Schuettler)
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