Japan’s Toho Zinc sees 4.3% drop in H1 zinc output y/y

TOKYO: Toho Zinc Co Ltd, Japan’s third-biggest zinc smelter, said on Thursday that it plans to produce 34,200 metric tons of refined zinc in the first half of the 2024/25 financial year, down 4.3% from a year-ago period.

The country’s first-half period falls between April and September.

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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 2023/24 financial year.