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Providing equity capital and liability guarantees for domestic ore processing and smelting business
Providing equity capital and liability guarantees for domestic ore processing and smelting business
Plan：
We have begun providing equity capital and liability guarantees for domestic ore processing and smelting such as minor metals, etc. Despite an expected increase in demand for minor metals (such as rare-earth metals, lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which are necessary for renewable energy plants and batteries for energy storage) and base metals (such as copper, which is vital for electrically-conductive materials), supply risks owing to a high dependence on specific countries for processing and smelting are of concern for some metals. We contribute to resilience in the mineral resources supply chain in Japan through strengthening financial support to the domestic ore processing and smelting business.
Current status：
We are conducting activities to inform companies, industry associations, etc. about our support scheme.
We have begun providing equity capital and liability guarantees for domestic ore processing and smelting such as minor metals, etc. Despite an expected increase in demand for minor metals (such as rare-earth metals, lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which are necessary for renewable energy plants and batteries for energy storage) and base metals (such as copper, which is vital for electrically-conductive materials), supply risks owing to a high dependence on specific countries for processing and smelting are of concern for some metals. We contribute to resilience in the mineral resources supply chain in Japan through strengthening financial support to the domestic ore processing and smelting business.
Current status：
We are conducting activities to inform companies, industry associations, etc. about our support scheme.
Direction of financial support strengthening (Image)
Source: created by JOGMEC based on materials from the Mining Subcommittee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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