Toho Zinc stopped by a factory in Japan

Japan's Toho Zinc, one of the leading suppliers of lead and zinc in the country, temporarily stopped production at its plant Naka Yasushi. This was stated in the concern, according to Metal Bulletin. "Work stopped due to an earthquake," - explained in a corporation. As we know, this company is located in Gumma Prefecture. It specializes in the production of electrolytic zinc, zinc alloys, zinc and cadmium oxide. Annually, the plant produced 139.2 thousand tons. Recall that Toho Zinc planned to increase the production of zinc and lead in the second half of fiscal 2010, ended March 31, 2011. The company intends to increase production has been refined lead to 4,1%, refined zinc - by 2.9% versus the same period a year earlier. At the same time release of silver were scheduled to reduce by almost 11%. Toho Zinc is considered one of Japan's largest producers of lead and zinc. The first three quarters of last fiscal year, holding produced 107.586 tons of zinc, 71.330 tons of lead and 255.851 tons of silver. Ministry of Industry