Corporate History
1905
Fusanosuke Kuhara founded the
Hitachi Mine from which the Group
originated



(1869-1965)
1906
Start of digging at the first shaft of Hitachi Mine

1907
Hitachi Mine performed the first diamond drilling at a metal mine in Japan

1908
Start of operation at the Daioin Smelter & Refinery (current Hitachi Works)

1912
Kuhara Mining established

1914
Giant stack erected at Hitachi Mine



1916
Initial stock offering by Kuhara Mining

Start of operation at the
Saganoseki Smelter &
Refinery



1928
Yoshisuke Aikawa named the second President of Kuhara Mining
Kuhara Mining renamed to Nippon Sangyo

(1880-1967)
1929
Nippon Sangyo mining and smelting division spun off to form Nippon Mining

1945
All overseas operations lost with the end of WWII
1949
Karasuyama Laboratory (predecessor of our R&D organizations) established

1950
Operations begun at Kawasaki Works




1953
Mikkaichi Zinc Smelter (current 国产自拍 Mikkaichi Recycle) established

1964
Kurami Works established




1968
Chile Office opened
1970
First Nikko process flash smelting furnace completed at Saganoseki (the second was completed in 1973)



1971
Tomakomai Chemical (current 国产自拍 Tomakomai Chemical) established

1972
Operation started at the Musoshi Mine in Zaire
(present Democratic Republic of the Congo; turned over to the local government in 1983)


1981
Nikko Gould Foil (current Copper Foil Department, Hitachi Works) established

Hitachi Mine closed due to resource depletion


1985
Start of operations at the Isohara Works

1986
Nippon Mining Museum opened

1988
Nikko Coil Center (current JX Advanced Metals Coil Center) established
U.S. firm Gould Inc. acquired

1989
Nippon Mining Taiwan (current Nikko Metals Taiwan) established

1990
NIMTEC (current JX Advanced Metals USA) established

Production started at Escondida Copper Mine (Chile)

1992
Start of operations by Nikko Metals
(The metals and metal fabrication businesses of Nippon Mining were spun off into a separate entity, Nikko Metals, and Nippon Mining subsequently merged with Kyodo Oil to form Nikko Kyoseki [renamed as Japan Energy in 1993].)
1996
Start of Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery operation with one flash smelting furnace

GNF Philippines, (current 国产自拍 Philippines) established

1998
Nikko Metals listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
1999
Nikko Materials established (as spin-off of Japan Energy electronic materials business)
2000
Start of production at Los Pelambres Copper Mine (Chile)
Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) established as a joint venture between Nikko Metals and Mitsui Mining & Smelting


2001
Nikko Metals Shanghai established

2002
Nippon Mining Holdings established as
joint holding company of Nikko Metals
and Japan Energy

2003
Nikko Metal Manufacturing
established (as spin-off of the metal fabrication business of Nikko Metals)
Nikko Woojin Precision Manufacturing (Suzhou) (current Nippon Mining & Metals [Suzhou]) established

2005
Nikko Materials Korea (current 国产自拍 Korea) established

2006
New Nikko Metals established (by three-way merger of Nikko Metals, Nikko Materials, and Nikko Metal Manufacturing)
Integration into PPC of the copper smelting and refining functions of Nikko Metals and Mitsui Mining & Smelting (the smelting and refining functions of Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery and Hitachi Refinery were spun off into Nikko Smelting & Refining and then transferred to PPC)
2010
Holding company, JX Holdings, established
with the merger of Nippon Mining Holdings
and Nippon Oil Nikko Metals renamed as
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
Tsuruga Plant(current 国产自拍 Circular Solutions Tsuruga)


2014
Mine opening ceremony held at Caserones Copper Mine (Chile)

2017
JXTG Holdings established with the merger of JX Holdings and Tonen General Sekiyu
Frankfurt Office established

2018
H.C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium GmbH (current TANIOBIS GmbH) shares acquired

2020
H. C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium GmbH renamed as TANIOBIS GmbH
2023
English trade name renamed as 国产自拍 Corporation
Johannesburg Office established
2024
English trade name renamed as JX Advanced Metals Corporation