19 JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Sustainability Report 2019 20

Business Areas of the JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group

Group Products All Around UsNonferrous metals are materials indispensable to contemporary life. Among them, copper with its excellent electrical conductivity and ease of processing is used in a wide variety of fields. Also found in many applications from industrial to everyday goods are rare metals such as light, strong, and corrosion-resistant titanium.

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Smelting and refining facilities Mines

Electronic parts manufacturers, wire and electronic materials

manufacturers

Manufacturers of end products

Urban mines(end-of-life consumer electronics)

For effective use of limited resources, valuable metals are extracted from end of life consumer electronics and reused.

Copper with its high conductivity and flexibility plays a key role in the stable supply of electricity.

Electric wireOur treated rolled copper foil is used inside increasingly slim smartphones.

Smartphones

Copper is used in wire harnesses for connecting in-vehicle electric wiring.

Automobiles

Copper foil with its outstanding conductivity is used in compact, lightweight, and fast-charging lithium-ion batteries.

Electric Vehicles

Copper is chosen also for medical equipment with its complex wiring, finer than human hair.

Medical cables

Excellent heat dissipation is why copper is used in CPU coolers to convey the generated heat effectively to the coolant.

PCs

Copper with its high thermal resistance and durability against wear and abrasion is used in the trolley wires that supply electric power via the pantograph.

Bullet trains Titanium alloy is used in aircraft fuselages, which demand light weight, high strength, and high corrosion resistance.

Aircraft