Japan's Mitsui Mining sees second-half zinc output rising 10% y/y

Mitsui Kinzoku

01/10/2020 06:30

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd
 5706.T , Japan's biggest zinc smelter, said on Thursday it
planned to produce 118,600 tonnes of refined zinc in the second
half of the 2020/21 financial year, up 10.0% from a year
earlier.
    The second half runs from October to March.
    Zinc is used mainly as an anti-corrosive coating while
making galvanised steel. 
    Here are output plan details, with comparisons against
estimated first-half production and actual second-half
production for the 2019/20 financial year ended on March 31. 
      
    (Zinc and lead in tonnes):        
           H2 FY20/21   H1 FY20/21     H2 FY19/20
   Zinc       118,600       99,400        107,800
   Lead        35,900       33,800         34,100
    

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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