Japan's Toho Zinc plans 8.1% increase in H1 zinc output
02/04/2021 06:41
TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Toho Zinc Co Ltd 5707.T ,
Japan's third-biggest zinc smelter, plans to produce 44,100
tonnes of refined zinc in the first half of the 2021/22
financial year, up 8.1% from a year earlier, it said on Friday.
The country's first half runs between April and September.
Following are details of the company's output plan, with
comparisons against estimated production in the second half and
actual production in the first half of the 2020/21 financial
year that ended on March 31.
(Zinc and lead in tonnes):
H1 FY21/22 H2 FY20/21 H1 FY20/21
Zinc 44,100 47,203 40,805
Lead 47,900 40,110 48,454
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
((Yuka.Obayashi@thomsonreuters.com; +813-4520-1265))