FACTBOX-Japan smelters' metal output plans for H2 08/09
TOKYO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd (1515.T) said on Friday it expected copper output of 25,108 tonnes in the second half of the year started in October, down 0.5 percent from 25,230 tonnes a year earlier.
It was the latest Japanese smelter to announce its production plans, which began this week and is expected to take place until mid-October.
The following table, which will be updated as figures become available, provides the latest output plans.
It shows scheduled production of base metals at Japanese smelters for the second half of the year to end-March 2009, with comparisons against estimated output in the first half of the year, and actual production in the second half of the year ended in March (in tonnes):
COPPER H2 08/09 H1 08/09 H2 07/08 PCT yr/yr
Sumitomo 215,000 179,000 200,670 +7.1
Mitsubishi 141,690 174,336 164,586 -13.9
Furukawa 46,200 47,300 47,095 -1.9
Nittetsu 25,108 24,856 25,230 -0.5
ZINC H2 08/09 H1 08/09 H2 07/08
Sumitomo 42,500 42,700 41,417 +2.6
Mitsubishi 5,124 4,200 5,064 +1.2
LEAD H2 08/09 H1 08/09 H2 07/08
Mitsubishi 11,700 11,100 12,414 -5.8
NOTE: The companies are Pan Pacific Copper Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Materials Corp (5711.T), Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd (5706.T), Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd (5713.T), Dowa Holdings Co Ltd (5714.T), Furukawa Co Ltd (5715.T), Toho Zinc Co Ltd (5707.T) and Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd (1515.T). (Reporting by Chikafumi Hodo; Editing by Chris Gallagher)
