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JX Advanced Metals
is a Japanese non-ferrous metal company partially owned by ENEOS Holdings. Its activities include resource development, smelting, refining, and recycling. The firm holds a global market share of approximately 60% in sputtering targets, a key material used in semiconductor manufacturing. The origins of JX Advanced Metals trace back to the 1905 opening of the Hitachi Mine by Fusanosuke Kuhara. In 1929, Nissan Group's mining division split off to form Japan Mining Co., which later evolved through industry reorganisations to become part of Nippon Mining Holdings (Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc.). In 2010, Nippon Mining Holdings and Nippon Oil merged to create JX Holdings, now known as ENEOS Holdings, bringing what would become JX Advanced Metals under its umbrella. The company is scheduled to go public with an expected market capitalisation of over 800 billion yen in March 2025. The company previously owned the Caserones Mine in Chile as a primary source of copper but sold 70% of its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eneos Holdings
is a Japanese global petroleum and metals conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In 2012 the multinational corporation consisted of 24,691 employees worldwide and, as of March 2013, JX Holdings was the forty-third largest company in the world by revenue. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group through its predecessor (the original Nippon Oil Company)'s merger with Mitsubishi Oil. Establishment ENEOS Holdings was established on April 1, 2010 as JXTG Holdings through the joint share transfer by Nippon Oil Corporation and Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. On July 1, 2010, all the businesses of both Group Companies were integrated and reorganized under JX Holdings, resulting in the incorporation of three core business companies: * ENEOS Corporation – petroleum refining and marketing * JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration – oil and natural gas exploration and production * JX Nippon Mining & Metals – mining and metal 100px, Final logo of TonenGeneral Sekiyu. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusanosuke Kuhara
was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Biography Kuhara was born in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture into a family of '' sake'' brewers. His brother was the founder of Nippon Suisan Kaisha and his uncle Fujita Densaburō was the founder of the Fujita zaibatsu. He studied in 1885 at the Tokyo Commercial School (the predecessor of Hitotsubashi University) and went on to graduate from Keio University. After graduation, he joined the Morimura-gumi, but on the recommendation of ex- Chōshū politicians Inoue Kaoru, he joined his uncle’s company, the Fujita-gumi (current Dowa Holdings), and in 1891 was assigned management of the Kosaka mine in Kosaka, Akita, one of the largest lead, copper and zinc mines in Japan. He introduced new technologies and made the mine very profitable. In 1903, he left the Fujita-gumi, and acquired the Akazawa Copper Mine in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1905, renaming it the . He established Hitachi Seisakusho in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissan Group
, formerly Nissan zaibatsu, was a group of companies and Japan's most powerful business groupings. Founded in 1928 by Yoshisuke Aikawa, the group was originally a holding company created as an offshoot of ''Kuhara Mining Co.'' (became Nippon Mining & Metals Company; currently part of JXTG Holdings), which Aikawa had taken over as president of from his brother-in-law, Fusanosuke Kuhara. After the bankruptcy of the ''Kuhara zaibatsu'' following World War I, Aikawa reorganized its assets into Japan Industries or , Nissan for short. The group's core business was real estate and insurance with hundreds of member companies, including fisheries, mining companies, and was affiliated with Hitachi, as well as what Nissan is now known for—its automobile business. After World War II, the zaibatsu was disbanded, and reformed into Nichiyo-kai, otherwise known as Nissan Group. Although the Nissan name was primarily known for its car manufacturing outside Japan, Nissan Motor was a compar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, '' Bloomberg Businessweek'', '' Bloomberg Markets'', Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms. Since 2015, John Micklethwait has been editor-in-chief. History Bloomberg News was founded by Michael Bloomberg and Matthew Winkler in 1990 to deliver financial news reporting to Bloomberg Terminal subscribers. The agency was established in 1990 with a team of six people. Winkler was first editor-in-chief. In 2010, Bloomberg News included more than 2,300 editors and reporters in 72 countries and 146 news bureaus worldwide. Beginnings (1990–1995) Bloomberg Business News was created to expand the services offered through the terminals. According to Matthew Winkler, then a writer for ''The Wall Street Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundin Mining
Lundin Mining Corporation, headquartered in Vancouver, owns and operates mines that produce base metals such as gold, silver, copper, and nickel. The company's major properties are the Candelaria mine (copper; Atacama Region, Chile), a 70% interest in the Caserones mine (copper-molybdenum; Atacama Region, Chile), the Chapada mine (gold-silver-copper; Goiás, Brazil), the Eagle mine (nickel-copper; Marquette County, Michigan) as well as a 50% interest in the Filo del Sol project and the Josemaria Project, exploratory projects in Argentina and Chile in partnership with BHP. Approximately 15.4% of the company is owned by affiliates of the billionaire Lundin family. History The company was founded in 1994 by Adolf Lundin as South Atlantic Diamonds Corp for the purpose of investing in a diamond mine in Brazil. The company changed its name to South Atlantic Resources acquired a 39% ownership interest in North Atlantic Natural Resources, which explored the Storliden and Norrbotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho Zinc
is a Japanese manufacturer of zinc related products. Established in 1937, it smelts nonferrous metals such as lead and zinc and produces electronic components. There are seven branches in Japan and two branches in China, in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The company was responsible for cadmium poisoning on Tsushima Island in the late twentieth century. The company is Japan’s third-biggest producer of zinc. Operations Toho Zinc has four manufacturing sites in Japan: * Annaka smelter and refinery with zinc smelting Zinc smelting is the process of converting zinc concentrates ( ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. Zinc smelting has historically been more difficult than the smelting of other metals, e.g. iron, because in contrast, zinc has a low boiling poin ... and refining operations * Chigirishima smelter and refinery with lead smelting and refining operations * Onahama smelter and refinery recycling operations * Fujioka Works at which electronic components and materials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowa Holdings
is a Japanese nonferrous metals manufacturer. The company is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index. History Fujita-gumi, the forerunner of DOWA, was established by three brothers from Yamaguchi prefecture in 1881. The brothers had personal connections with influential members of the government, so in 1884 they bought the Kosaka mine, from which they expanded their business into various fields, centered on the coal mining business. After the purchase, Fujita-gumi increased its capital and invested heavily in skilled labor and equipment. By 1888, the Kosaka mine became Japan's top producer of silver. In 1900, an engineer at Kosaka succeeded in extracting copper by accessing ''kuroko'' (black ore — a mixture of copper, zinc and lead) deep in the mine. After that, Kosaka changed its focus from silver to copper, and in 1907, became Japan's largest copper producer. Dowa Mining was an early developer of Yuzawa, a hot spring town using geothermal energy, in the late 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsubishi Materials
, or MMC, is a Japanese company. It is a manufacturer of cement products, copper and aluminum products, cemented carbide tools, and electronic materials. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange, and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock market index. In 2018 Mitsubishi Materials admitted that five of its subsidiaries, Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Tachibana Metal MFG Co. and Diamet Corp., had falsified quality data over the past three years on shipments including aluminium and automotive components. Mitsubishi Materials has started investigations at about 120 factories in its group. Business summary Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has eight business sections, which are: * Cement business ** Portland cement ** Cement-related products ** Ready-mix concrete ** Building materials * Metals business ** Copper smelting ** Copper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshisuke Aikawa
was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' (1931–1945), one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War. Biography Aikawa was born in what is now part of Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture. His mother was the niece of Meiji period '' genrō'' Inoue Kaoru. He graduated from the engineering department of Tokyo Imperial University in 1903 and went to work for Shibaura Seisakusho, the forerunner of Toshiba. Although his pay was very low, Aikawa managed to save enough to make a trip to the United States, where he studied malleable cast iron technology. After his return to Japan, with the backing of Inoue Kaoru and other ex- Chōshū politicians in the Diet of Japan, he established the Tobata Foundry in Kitakyūshū in 1909. The company is now known as Hitachi Kinzoku (Hitachi Metals Company Ltd). In 1928, Aikawa became president of the Kuhara M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
