Toho Zinc H1 zinc output seen up 3 pct year/year

TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Toho Zinc Co Ltd (5707.T)
plans to produce 61,722 tonnes of zinc in the first half of the
business year to end March 2009, up about 3 percent from the same
period a year earlier, the company said on Monday.

Following are details of the company's latest output plan,
with comparisons with estimated production in the second half of
2007/08 and actual production in the first half of 2007/8 (in
tonnes):

H1 08/09 H1 07/08 H2 07/08

Zinc 61,722 59,899 68,040

Lead 49,100 48,537 44,327

Silver 162 159 141