Company
| Company Name | JAPAN NEW METALS CO.,LTD. |
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| Established | April, 1963 |
| Capital | 500,000,000yen |
| Activities |
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| Stockholders | Mitsubishi Materials Corp. Mitsubishi Materials Trading Corp. |
| President | Toshiyuki Taniuchi |
| Business establishment | HEAD OFFICE & Plant ADDRESS: 1-6-64 Sennari-cho Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 561-0829, Japan TEL: +81-6-6333-1171 FAX: +81-6-6331-5358 AKITA Plant ADDRESS: 3-1-18 Barajima Akita-shi, Akita 010-0065, Japan TEL: +81-18-865-7204 FAX: +81-18-865-7205 |
| 1963 | Establishment of the company Established through joint equity investment by Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company Ltd. [currently Mitsubishi Materials] and the former Awamura Mining Co., Ltd. (paid-in capital of 100 million yen) |
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| 1967 | Construction of tungsten refining plant |
| 1968 | Construction of molybdenum reduction plant |
| 1974 | Environment analysis center was established |
| 1979 | Special products plant was established |
| 1997 | Commencement of operations at the Akita plant |
| 2000 | Commencement of operation of the expanded heteropoly acid production facility |
| 2001 | Commencement of the Akita plant recycling business |
| 2006 | Commencement of operations in the high-purity building |
| 2007 | Commencement of operations at the Sanda plant |
| 2009 | Commencement of operation of the ion exchange tower facility at the Akita plant |
| 2011 | Commencement of operations of the first tungsten building at the Akita plant |
| 2013 | Commencement of operations of the second tungsten building at the Akita plant |
| 2015 | Cessation of operations at the Sanda plant |
| 2017 | Commencement of operations of the high performance building at the Akita plant |
