Japan's Mitsui Mining expects 2.2% drop in H2 zinc output

Mitsui Kinzoku

04/10/2021 10:24

TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd
 5706.T , Japan's biggest zinc smelter, plans to produce 113,200
tonnes of refined zinc in the second half of the 2021/22
financial year to March 31, down 2.2% year on year, it said on
Friday.
    Zinc is used mainly as an anti-corrosive coating when making
galvanised steel.    
    Following are detail of the company's output plan, with
comparisons against estimated production in the first half of
the 2021/22 financial year and actual production in the second
half of the 2020/21 financial year that ended on March 31. 
    (Zinc and lead in tonnes):        
           H2 FY21/22      H1 FY21/22     H2 FY20/21
   Zinc       113,200         107,300        115,700
   Lead        35,000          34,700         36,000
 
 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; editing by Jason Neely)
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