Japan's Furukawa plans 6.7% y/y cut in H1 copper output

Furukawa

01/04/2024 10:23

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japanese smelter Furukawa Co
Ltd  5715.T  plans to produce 23,300 metric tons of refined
copper in the first half of the 2024/25 financial year, down
6.7% from the same period a year earlier, it said on Monday.
    The country's first half falls between April and September.
    Following are details of Furukawa's output plan, with
comparisons against estimate production in the second half and
actual production in the first half of the 2023/24 financial
year, which ended on March 31. 
    (copper in metric tons):
            H1 FY24/25     H2 FY23/24   H1 FY23/24
 Copper         23,300         23,302       24,961
 

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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