Factbox: Japanese copper smelters output in H2 seen steady y/y
06/10/2023 09:43
TOKYO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Japan's production of refined
copper in the second half of the fiscal 2024 will stay steady
from a year earlier, Reuters calculations from plans outlined by
smelters showed.
The country's second half falls between October and March.
Below are the production plans of base metals in metric
tons for October to March by key suppliers; Pan Pacific Copper
(PPC), Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) 5713.T , Mitsubishi
Materials 5711.T , Furukawa 5715.T , Dowa Holdings 5714.T ,
Mitsui Mining and Smelting 5706.T , Nittetsu Mining 1515.T
and Toho Zinc 5707.T .
The table shows comparisons against planned or estimated
production in the first half of fiscal 2024 and actual output in
the second half of fiscal 2023 that ended on March 31, with
year-on-year percentage change for the second half of the fiscal
2024.
FY2023/24 FY2023/24 FY2022/23
H2 H1 H2 y/y
COPPER
PPC 0.3
291,900 307,900 291,100
Mitsubishi 34.0
217,002 213,198 161,886
SMM -5.9
210,700 188,800 223,900
Furukawa -34.2
23,301 24,962 35,401
Dowa -87.6
4,167 17,806 33,682
Nittetsu 0.0
24,644 24,907 24,647
TOTAL 0.1
771,714 777,573 770,616
ZINC
Mitsui 9.8
117,800 103,700 107,300
Dowa -4.0
93,271 80,019 97,203
Toho Zinc 3.2
40,800 36,000 39,546
TOTAL 3.2
251,871 219,719 244,049
LEAD
Toho Zinc 17.6
41,500 43,700 35,291
Mitsui 3.7
36,200 33,800 34,900
Mitsubishi 0.2
15,066 14,322 15,042
Dowa 10.0
6,121 4,620 5,567
TOTAL 8.9
98,887 96,442 90,800
NICKEL
SMM 10.2
30,200 30,000 27,400
FERRONICKEL
SMM -41.9
3,600 3,400 6,200
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
((Yuka.Obayashi@thomsonreuters.com; +813-4520-1265;))