Japan's Mitsubishi Materials sees H1 copper output up 9.9% y/y

Mitsubishi Materials

01/04/2022 08:26

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japanese copper smelter,
Mitsubishi Materials Corp  5711.T , plans to produce 180,852
tonnes of refined copper in the first half of the 2022/23
financial year, it said on Friday, up 9.9% from the same period
a year earlier. 
    Japan's fiscal first half runs from April to September.
    Following are details of the company's output plan, with
comparisons against planned production in the second half of the
2021/22 financial year and actual production in the first half
of 2021/22. 
   (Copper and lead in tonnes, gold and silver in kilograms): 
             H1 FY22/23   H2 FY21/22   H1 FY21/22
   Copper       180,852      175,152      164,496
     Lead        14,184       14,286       13,800
     Gold        18,798       19,200       18,912
   Silver       180,000      184,002      187,500
 
 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi
Editing by Mark Potter)
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