Japan's Toho Zinc sees 3.2% rise in H2 zinc output y/y

Toho Zinc

04/10/2023 10:28

TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Toho Zinc Co Ltd  5707.T ,
Japan's third-biggest zinc smelter, plans to produce 40,800
metric tons of refined zinc in the second half of the 2023/24
financial year, up 3.2% from a year earlier, it said on
Wednesday.
    The country's second half falls between October and March.
    Following are details of the company's output plan, with
comparisons against estimated production in the first half of
the 2023/24 year and actual production in the second half of the
2022/23 financial year.
    (Zinc and lead in tonnes): 
         H2 FY23/24  H1 FY23/24     H2 FY22/23
   Zinc      40,800      36,000         39,546
   Lead      41,500      43,700         35,291
 
 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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