Japan's Nittetsu plans 27 pct increase in H2 copper output y/y

Nittetsu Mining Co

02/10/2017 02:37

TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd 
 1515.T  plans to produce 23,442 tonnes of refined copper 
between October and March, up 26.7 percent from the same period 
a year earlier, it said on Friday. 
    Following are details of the company's output plan, with 
comparisons against production in the first half of the current 
financial year to March 31 and the second half of the 2016/17 
financial year that ended on March 31. 
    (Copper in tonnes, gold and silver in kilograms):      
         H2 FY17/18    H1 FY17/18  H2 FY16/17 
 Copper      23,442        23,884      18,497 
   Gold         438           228         399 
 Silver       6,558         5,693       5,051 
  
 
 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Joseph Radford) 
 ((Yuka.Obayashi@thomsonreuters.com; +813-6441-1798; Reuters 
Messaging: yuka.obayashi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: NITTETSU MINING COPPER/