TABLE 2 |
JAPAN: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
Commodity |
|
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Cement |
|
|
Aso Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Tagawa and Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
2,400 |
Do. |
|
|
Daiichi Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture |
|
1,169 |
Do. |
|
|
Denki Kagaku K.K. |
|
Omi, Niigata Prefecture |
|
2,762 |
Do. |
|
|
Hachinohe Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture |
|
1,533 |
Do. |
|
|
Hitachi Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture |
|
941 |
Do.
|
|
|
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
|
Higashidori,
Shimokita-gun, Apmori Prefecture; |
|
13,467 |
|
Higashiyama,
Higashiiwai-gun, Iwate Prefecture; |
|
|
Yokoze,
Saitama Prefecture; Kurosaki, Kyushu, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Higashitani, Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Mitsui Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Togawa, Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
2,075 |
Do. |
|
|
Myojo Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture |
|
2,482 |
Do. |
|
|
Nippon Steel Chemical Co. Ltd. |
|
Tobata, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
855 |
Do. |
|
|
Nittetsu Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Muroran, Hokkaido Prefecture |
|
1,589 |
Do. |
|
|
Ryukyu Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Yabu, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture |
|
722 |
Do. |
|
|
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture; Aso,
Tochigi |
|
14,402 |
|
Prefecture; Motosu, Gifu Prefecture; Sakata, |
|
|
Shiga Prefecture; Ako,
Hyogo Prefecture; and |
|
|
Susaki, Kochi
Prefecture |
|
Do. |
|
|
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. |
|
Ofunato,
Iwate Prefecture; Chichibu, Kumagaya, |
|
29,904 |
|
and
Saitama, Saitama Prefecture; Fujiwara, |
|
|
Mie
Prefecture; Saiki and Tsukumi, Oita |
|
|
Prefecture;
Kamiiso, Hokkaido Prefecture; |
|
|
Tosa, Kochi
Precture; and Kawara, Fukuoka |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Tokuyama Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Nanyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
5,936 |
Do. |
|
|
Tosoh Corp. |
|
Shin Nanyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
2,869 |
Do.
|
|
|
Tsuruga Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture |
|
1,710 |
Do. |
|
|
Ube Industries Ltd. |
|
Ube, Isa, Yamaguchi
Prefecture; and Kanda, |
|
10,736 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
|
Coal |
|
|
Kushiro Coal Mine Co. Ltd.1 |
|
Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture |
|
800 |
Cobalt,
refined |
metric tons |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Niihama, Ehime Prefecture |
|
600 |
Copper, refined |
do. |
|
Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co. Ltd. (Mitsui Mining and |
|
Tamano, Okayama Prefecture |
|
218,400 |
|
Smelting Co. Ltd., 64%; Nittetsu Mining Co. |
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 20%; and
Furukawa Co. Ltd., 16%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
|
Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture |
|
225,600 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Nippon Mining and Metals Co. Ltd.
(wholly owned |
|
Hitachi,
Ibaraki Prefecture; Saganoseki, Oita |
452,400 |
|
subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co. Ltd.) |
|
Prefecture |
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Onahama
Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. (Dowa |
|
Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture |
|
258,000 |
|
Mining
Co. Ltd., 31.15%; Furukawa Co. Ltd., |
|
|
|
8.31%;
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., 4.17%; |
|
|
|
Mitsubushi
Materials Corp., 49.29%; Mitsubishi |
|
|
|
|
|
Cable Indutries, Ltd., 4.17%; and others, 2.91%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Besshi/Toyo (Saijyo), Ehime Prefecture |
|
300,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Kosaka Smelting and
Refining Co. Ltd. (wholly |
|
Kosaka, Akita Prefecture |
|
72,000 |
|
|
|
owned subsidiary of Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.) |
|
|
|
|
Gold: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
concentrate |
kilograms |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Hishikari, Kagoshima Prefecture |
|
9,000 |
Refined |
do. |
|
Kosaka Smelting and
Refining Co. Ltd. (wholly |
|
Kosaka, Akita Prefecture |
|
24,000 |
|
|
|
owned subsidiary of Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
22,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
|
Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture |
|
60,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Nippon Mining and Metals Co. Ltd. |
|
Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture |
|
30,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Niihama, Ehime Prefecture |
|
36,000 |
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
TABLE 2--Continued |
JAPAN: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
Commodity |
|
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Limestone |
|
|
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
|
Higashitani, Fukuoka Prefecture |
|
10,000 |
Do. |
|
Nittetsu Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Torigatayama,
Kochi Prefecture; Hanezuru, |
|
23,000 |
|
Tochigi
Prefecture; and Shiriya, Aomori |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Sumikin Mining Co., Ltd. |
|
Hachinohe Sekkai, Aomori Prefecture |
|
5,500 |
Do. |
|
|
Sumitomo-Osaka Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Ibuku, Shiga
Prefecture, and Karazawa, Tochigi |
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Shuho Mining Co., Ltd. |
|
Sumitomo Cement Shuho, Yamaguchi
Prefecture |
|
8,200 |
Do. |
|
|
Taiheiyo Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Ofunato, Iwate
Prefecture; Ganji and Tsukumi, |
|
46,000 |
|
|
Oita Prefecture; Garo, Hokkaido Prefecture; |
|
|
Kawara, Fukuoka
Prefecture, Tosayama, |
|
|
Kochi
Prefecture; Taiheiyo Buko, Saitama |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prefecture; and Shigeyasu, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Todaka Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Todaka-Tsukumi, Otia Prefecture |
|
12,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Ube Kosan Co. Ltd. |
|
Ube Isa, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
9,000 |
Iodine, crude |
metric tons |
|
Ise
Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. (Asahi Glass Co. |
|
Oami-Shirasato,
and Ichinomya, Chiba |
|
3,600 |
|
|
|
Ltd., 52.4%; and Mitsubishi Corp., 11.2%) |
|
Prefecture; and Sadowara, Miyazaki Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Godo Shigen Sangyo
Co. Ltd. (Kanto Natural Gas |
|
Chosei, Chiba Prefecture |
|
2,400 |
|
Development
Co. Ltd., 11%; and Mitsui & |
|
|
|
|
|
Co. Ltd., 10%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Kanto
Natural Gas Development Co. Ltd. (Mitsui |
|
Mobara, Chiba Prefecture |
|
1,200 |
|
Chemicals,
Inc., 21.9%; and Godo Shigen Sangyo |
|
|
|
Co. Ltd., 14.3%) |
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Nihon Tennen Gas Co. Ltd. (Kanto Natural Gas |
|
Shirako and Yokoshiba, Chiba Prefecture |
|
1,200 |
|
Development Co.
Ltd., 50%; and Tomen |
|
|
|
|
|
Corp., 41%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Toho Earthtech, Inc.
(Itochi Corp., 34.1%; Mitsubishi |
Kurosaki, Niigata Prefecture |
|
720 |
|
Gas
Chemical Co. Ltd., 32.2%; and Nippon Light |
|
|
|
|
|
Metal Co. Ltd., 31.1%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Nippoh
Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Nippon Shokubai Co. |
|
Isumi, Chiba Prefecture |
|
720 |
|
Ltd., 17%; Takeda
Chemical Industries Ltd., 16.4%; |
|
|
|
|
and Chugai Boyeki Co. Ltd., 13.6%) |
|
|
|
|
Lead: |
|
|
In concentrate |
|
Toyoha Mining Co. Ltd. (wholly owned subsidiary |
|
Toyoha, Hokkaido Prefecture |
|
6 |
|
of Nippon Mining and Metals Co. Ltd.) |
|
|
Refined |
metric tons |
|
Kamioka Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture |
|
33,600 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
43,800 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Toho Zinc Co. Ltd. |
|
Chigirishima, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
120,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Harima, Hyogo Prefecture |
|
30,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. |
|
Kosaka, Akita Prefecture |
|
25,200 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Hosokura Smelting and Refining Mining Co. |
|
Hosokura, Miyagi Prefecture |
|
21,600 |
|
|
|
Ltd. (wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi |
|
|
|
|
|
Materials Corp.)2 |
|
|
|
|
Manganese,
electrolytic dioxide |
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
24 |
Do. |
|
|
Tosoh Corp. |
|
Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture |
|
34 |
See footnotes at
end of table. |
|
|
|
|
TABLE 2--Continued |
JAPAN: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
Commodity |
|
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Nickel: |
|
|
In ferronickel |
metric tons |
|
Hyuga Smelting
Co. Ltd. (wholly owned |
|
Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture |
|
21,000 |
|
subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.) |
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
|
Oheyama, Kyoto Prefecture |
|
12,720 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Pacific Metals Co. Ltd. |
|
Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture |
|
40,800 |
In oxide |
do. |
|
Tokyo Nickel Co. Ltd. |
|
Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture |
|
60,000 |
Refined |
do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Niihama, Ehime Prefecture |
|
36,000 |
Pyrophyllite |
|
|
Goto Kozan Co. Ltd. |
|
Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture |
|
204 |
Do. |
|
|
Ohira Kozan Co. Ltd. |
|
Ohira, Okayama Prefecture |
|
132 |
Do. |
|
|
Sankin Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
|
Otsue, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
72 |
Do. |
|
|
Shinagawa Shirenga Co. Ltd. |
|
Mitsuishi, Okayama Prefecture |
|
180 |
Do. |
|
|
Shokozan Kogyosho Co. Ltd. |
|
Yano-Shokozan, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
180 |
Do. |
|
|
Showa Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
|
Showa-Shokozan, Hiroshima Prefecture |
|
60 |
Steel, crude |
|
|
JFE Steel Corp. (wholly owned
subsidiary of JFE |
|
Chiba, Chiba Prefecture;
Kawasaki (Keihin), Kanagawa |
33,835 |
|
|
Holdings Inc.) |
|
Prefecture; Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture; |
|
|
Handa Aichi Prefecture; Fukuyama, Hiroshima |
|
|
Prefecture; and Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture |
|
Do. |
|
|
Kobe Steel Ltd. |
|
Kakogawa and Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture |
|
8,943 |
Do. |
|
Nippon Steel Corp. |
|
Oita, Oita
Prefecture; Kawata, Fukuoka |
|
33,199 |
|
Prefecture;
Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture |
|
|
Do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. |
|
Kashima,
Ibaraki Prefecture; Kokura, |
|
12,820 |
|
Fukuoka Prefecture;
and Wakayama, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wakayama Prefecture |
|
|
Titanium: |
|
|
In
sponge metal |
|
Sumitomo
Titanium Corp. (Sumitomo Metal |
|
Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture |
|
18 |
|
Industries Ltd., 75.2%;
and Kobe Steel Ltd., 24.8%) |
|
Do. |
|
|
Toho
Titanium Co. Ltd. (Nippon Mining and |
|
Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture |
|
13 |
|
Metals
Co. Ltd., 47%; Mitsui & Co. Ltd., 20%; |
|
|
|
|
|
and others, 33%) |
|
|
|
|
In dioxide |
metric tons |
|
Fuji
Titanium Industry Co. Ltd. (Ishihara Sangyo
|
|
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture |
|
17,400 |
|
Kaishia Ltd., 24.8%; and others, 75.2%) |
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Furukawa Co. Ltd. |
|
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture |
|
13,200 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. |
|
Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture |
|
154,800 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Sakai Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. |
|
Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture |
|
60,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Tayca Corp. |
|
Saidaiji, Okayama Prefecture |
|
60,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Titan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha |
|
Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
16,800 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Tohkem Products Corp. |
|
Akita, Akita Prefecture |
|
30,000 |
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
concentrate |
|
|
Toyoha Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Toyoha, Hokkaido Prefecture |
|
45 |
Refined |
metric tons |
|
Akita Smelting Co. Ltd.
(Dowa Mining Co. Ltd., 57%; |
Iijima, Akita Prefecture |
|
200,400 |
|
Nippon Mining
and Metals Co. Ltd., 24%; |
|
|
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., 14%; and |
|
|
|
Mitsubushi Materials Corp., 5%) |
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Hachinohe
Smelting Co. Ltd. (Mitsui Mining |
|
Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture |
|
117,600 |
|
and
Smelting Co. Ltd., 57.7%; Nippon Mining and |
|
|
|
Metals
Co. Ltd., 27.8%; and Toho Zinc Co. Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Nisso Smelting Co. Ltd., 14.5%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
do. |
|
Hikoshima Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Hikoshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
|
84,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Kamioka Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. |
|
Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture |
|
72,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Toho Zinc Co. Ltd. |
|
Annaka, Gunma Prefecture |
|
139,200 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Harima, Hyogo Prefecture |
|
90,000 |
1Coal mining operation continued, following establishment of
Kushiro Coal Mining Co. Ltd. in 2002. |
2Mitsubishi Materials Corp. suspended operations of its secondary
lead smelter at Hosokura in June 2002. |
|
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|
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|
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