10/01/2015

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials sees 24.7 pct rise in H2 copper output yr/yr

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp plans to produce 166,518 tonnes of refined copper during the October-March second half, up 24.7 percent from the same period last financial year. The increase is because of an about 40-day maintenance shutdown at its Naoshima Smelter earlier this year. Naoshima plant was closed between Feb. 14 and March 23