Norsk Hydro 警告するs of higher costs after strong second ４半期/4分の1
OSLO, July 22 (Reuters) - Aluminium 生産者 Norsk Hydro's on Wednesday 報告（する）／憶測d stronger than 推定する／予想するd second-４半期/4分の1 収入s, but said the company 直面するd higher 生産／産物 costs in the third ４半期/4分の1.
全体にわたる 生産／産物 costs of alumina, a 化学製品 構内／化合物 used to produce aluminium, fell to a four-year low of $192 a tonne in the second ４半期/4分の1, but rising costs were to 追加する $15-20 a tonne in the third ４半期/4分の1, Norsk Hydro (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs told a call with 分析家s.
"If we look into third-４半期/4分の1 we 推定する／予想する to see an 増加する in the main raw 構成要素s ... costs are 推定する／予想するd between 20-30% for the two 構成要素s (燃料 oil and caustic soda)," 長，指導者 財政上の officer Paal Kildemo said.
When asked whether higher costs would mean lower 利益（をあげる） in the third ４半期/4分の1, Norsk Hydro's 大統領 Hilde Merete Aasheim told Reuters: "Yes... that is fair to say."
The company's Oslo-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 株 opened more than 3% higher on Wednesday, but later 逆転するd and were 貿易（する）ing 負かす／撃墜する 2.2 by 1127 GMT.
Hydro's underlying 収入s before 利益／興味 and 税金 rose to 949 million Norwegian 栄冠を与えるs ($104.32 million) in the April-June period, from 875 million 栄冠を与えるs a year earlier, 越えるing the 594 million 栄冠を与えるs 推定する／予想するd by 分析家s in a 投票 published by the company.
Credit Suisse 分析家s said in a 公式文書，認める that Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina 商売／仕事, which 含むs Brazil's Alunorte, the world's largest alumina 精油所, had almost 完全に driven the results.
Hydro said the 落ちる in raw 構成要素 costs, 含むing 燃料 oil and caustic soda, drove 生産／産物 costs at its Alunorte 精油所 to 記録，記録的な／記録する lows in the ４半期/4分の1.
全世界の 需要・要求する for 最初の／主要な aluminium is 推定する／予想するd to remain weak 予定 to 産業の activity 攻撃する，衝突する by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in 概算の 黒字／過剰 of 3-4.7 million tonnes of in 2020, にもかかわらず 調印するs of 回復 in 中国, Hydro said.
The company 推定する／予想するd 需要・要求する in 中国 to 回復する in 2021, while 需要・要求する both in North A merican and Europe was seen still lagging in 2021 and 2022, Aasheim said.
Norsk Hydro took an impairment of 1.5 billion 栄冠を与えるs at its Extruded 解答s 商売／仕事, which produces 製品s for construction, to 反映する 女性 growth 見通し, おもに in North America.
Aasheim said the board was planning to discuss 2019 （株主への）配当 支払い（額） later this year after it was put on 持つ／拘留する in April 予定 to the coronavirus 衝撃.
Hydro has 約束d to 支払う／賃金 a 最小限 年次の （株主への）配当 of 1.25 栄冠を与えるs per 株 when its 財政上の 状況／情勢 and the market 条件s 許す. ($1 = 9.0974 Norwegian 栄冠を与えるs) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman/Vinay Dwivedi/Jane Merriman)
