Quick Guide to
JX Metals
JX Metals in Numbers
Profit Structure
- FY2022
Operating income - ¥68.7billion
(excluding inventory valuation,
including -¥6.4 billion in
non-allocated
corporate expenses)
- Semiconductor
materials
segment - ¥34.6billion
- ICT materials
segment - ¥21.8billion
- Metals &
Recycling
segment - ¥18.7billion
- Notes: 1The Company discloses financial information through its holding company ENEOS Holdings, Inc.
- Notes: 2ENEOS Holdings, Inc. has applied International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from fiscal 2017.
Each Business in Numbers
Global Network
- Europe
-
- Operating sites:
- 6
- Employees:
- 408
- Middle
East -
- Operating sites:
- 1
- Employees:
- 50
- Japan
-
- Operating sites:
- 33
- Employees:
- 7,206
- Rest of Asia
-
- Operating sites:
- 18
- Employees:
- 1,475
- North
America -
- Operating sites:
- 3
- Employees:
- 126
- South
America -
- Operating sites:
- 10
- Employees:
- 1,023
The Businesses of JX Metals
JX Metals conducts global business operations in the area of nonferrous metals, focusing primarily on copper and rare metals. These operations cover the full range from resource development, and smelting and refining, to the development and manufacture of advanced materials essential to societies in which the IoT and AI are progressing. The Group's operations also encompass recycling from end-of-life electronic equipment and devices.
Advanced Materials
Contributing to sustainable development and innovation within society through the proposal and provision of advanced materials
Recycling and Environmental Services
Contributing to the creation of a resource-recycling society
Mineral Resources/Metals
Supporting the stable supply of nonferrous metals essential to society
Some of the Places You Will Find Us
Advanced materials and technologies of the JX Metals Group, supporting the future
Click on each image below to learn more about the advanced materials supplied by JX Metals.
LSI/Power Device
Solder Ball/Paste
High Purity Copper Wire
Tantalum Capacitor
Lithium Ion Battery
Connectors
Heat Spreader Sheet
Flash Memory
Camera Module
Display Panel
Sensor
Printed Circuit Board
The History of JX Metals
Since our founding in 1905, the Group has worked on creating new value, even while responding to various changes in the business environment. We are determined to continue our challenge, contributing to the development of a sustainable economy and society through creation and innovation in the areas of resources and materials.
1905Established
Start of operation at the Hitachi Mine
Founder Fusanosuke Kuhara started operation at the Hitachi Mine, launching the Mineral resources development business and the smelting and refining business. From the beginning, Kuhara sought to boost productivity by actively embracing mechanization and modernization. The Hitachi Mine was a pioneer in development as a full-fledged custom smelter that processed not only its own ores, but also ores purchased from other companies.
Fusanosuke Kuhara
1914
Construction of the Hitachi Giant Stack
The rapid growth of the Hitachi Mine's business led to a severe smoke pollution problem in the surrounding area. To deal with the pollution, the Company built what was then the world's tallest stack at 155.7 meters. It began operation in March of the following year.
1916
Start of operation at the Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery
In order to further expand the mining, smelting and refining segments fundamental to the Company's diversified business, the Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery was built in Oita Prefecture as one of the largest such plants in Japan. It remains even to this day an important center of the JX Metals Corporation Group, as a leadingedge smelter boasting the world's top levels of technology and production capacity.
at the time it was built
1964
Kurami Works launched
With the startup of the Kurami Works (Kanagawa Prefecture), the Company made a strong entry into the metal fabrication business. Introducing the latest rolling mills, it produced phosphor bronze and other rolled copper products. By answering the needs of complex markets for flexible manufacturing of diverse products in small lots and production-to-order, while meeting demands for advanced product technology, the Company established a solid position in the metal fabrication field.
1978
New recycling furnace built
A new recycling furnace making use of smelting techniques was built at the Hitachi Smelter & Refinery, marking the start of the recycling and environmental services business. The Company pursued recovery of valuable metals from plating sludge and other industrial waste as a business.
1985
Isohara Works launched
The Company got into the electronic materials business in time for the rise of the electronics industry in the 1980s, making sputtering targets for semiconductors and transparent conductive films for liquid crystal displays, as well as materials for compound semiconductors. By establishing the Isohara Works (Ibaraki Prefecture) as a new main manufacturing center,
the Company expanded into development and manufacturing of copper foil and various electronics materials.
2014
Caserones Copper Mine began production
The official opening of the Caserones Copper Mine was celebrated, as a 100% Japanfunded resources development project in Chile, and the shipment of copper concentrate was begun.
2018
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH (present TANIOBIS GmbH) shares acquired
The outstanding shares of H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH (present TANIOBIS GmbH), a German manufacturer of metal powders, were acquired with an eye to expanding business areas, in anticipation of dramatic demand growth for electronic components and devices.
Long-Term Vision
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group Long-Term Vision 2040
- Shifting to a technology-based from a process industry-type firm
- Generating high and sustainable profits in fierce global business competition
- Contributing to the realization of sustainable society as a global leader in semiconductor/ICT materials
＜Target portfolio＞
Position the Focus Businesses as the core of our growth strategy
- Build appropriate structure for Base Businesses, regardless of business scale, to support growth of Focus Businesses
- Position copper and minor metals indispensable to semiconductor/ICT materials as core domains
【Growth】Focus Businesses
Semiconductor
materials segment
ICT materials
segment
- Aim to achieve profit growth exceeding market growth through technological differentiation
- Drastically expand scale of revenue and make it a source of profits with diverse line-up of technologies and small-lot, highly profitable products
【Business foundation】Base Businesses
Metals & Recycling segment
- Secure stable supply of raw materials (copper and minor metals) for Focus Businesses
- Sustainably supply basic materials required for advanced materials and contribute to resolution of ESG agenda