Japan's Mitsubishi Materials sees H1 copper output up 1.8% y/y

Mitsubishi Materials

01/04/2024 07:48

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japanese copper smelter
Mitsubishi Materials Corp  5711.T  said on Monday that it
planned to produce 224,094 metric tons of refined copper in the
first half of the 2024/25 financial year, up 1.8% from the same
period a year earlier. 
    The country's first half runs between April and September.
    Following are details of the company's output plan, with
comparisons against planned production in the second half and
actual production in the first half of the 2023/24 financial
year, which ended on March 31.    
 (Copper and lead in metric tons):
            H1 FY24/25    H2 FY23/24   H1 FY23/24
   Copper      224,094       211,710      220,182
     Lead       15,090        15,066       14,226
 
 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi)
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