Japan's Mitsui Mining expects H2 zinc output to fall 6.6% y/y

Mitsui Kinzoku

01/10/2025 10:24

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Mitsui Mining and Smelting 5706.T, Japan's major zinc smelter, plans to produce 106,500 metric tons of refined zinc in the second half of the 2025/26 financial year, down 6.6% from a  year ago, it said on Wednesday.

The second half runs from October to March.

Zinc is used mainly as an anti-corrosive coating while making galvanised steel.

The following are output plan details, with comparisons against estimated first-half production and actual second-half production for the 2024/25 financial year, which ended on March 31.

(Zinc and lead in metric tons):

H2 FY25/26
H1 FY25/26
H2 FY24/25
Zinc
106,500
105,200
114,000
Lead
34,600
36,600
35,800

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Eileen Soreng)

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