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X-MINING About us

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What is Sumitomo Metal Mining?
~ In business since 1590 ~

The roots of the Sumitomo Metal Mining dates back to 1590, when Soga Riemon started a copper smelting and coppersmithing business.

Subsequently, in 1691, the Besshi Copper Mine was opened, and went on to operate continuously for 283 years, providing a foundation that underpinned Sumitomo’s development.

Sumitomo Metal Mining is the direct successor of Sumitomo’s original business.

Currently, the three businesses of Mineral Resources, Refining, and Materials have established a unique collaboration model.
 
 

What is X-MINING?
~ MATERIAL CROSSING ~
~ Let’s talk about the functional materials! ~

In the material business, we started to manufacture germanium dioxide for transistors in 1960.
Since then, we have continued to provide the global market with various electronic materials that add new value to materials to meet the needs of time.

In response to the remarkable progress of digital transformation in recent years, we opened X-MINING, pronounced “cross mining”, in 2020.
X-MINING is a product information website aimed at the development of new applications and the creation of value for existing powder material products.

This website widely introduces materal functions and solution cases that contribute to SDGs in order to create encounters between our powder materials and outside researchers or marketers.
Therefore, X-MINING will serve as an opportunity to resolve various social issues.

X-MINING is a new form of co-creation that “mines” new value that impacts society by “crossing” your ideas and our powder materials.