Services & Products
Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit
Ensuring a secure and stable supply of mineral and metal resources, while promoting a recycling business for a sustainable and circular economy.
Business fields
- Development, processing and marketing of underground resources (iron ore, direct reduced iron, pig iron, metallurgical coal, copper, ferroalloys, nickel, aluminium, lithium, etc.)
- Recycling business (steel scrap, non-ferrous scrap, secondary batteries, etc.)
Iron Ore Business (01:55)
Contributing to a stable supply of resources through the development and management of the West Angelas mine
Major activities
A secure and stable supply of mineral and metal resources
The Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit plays a central role in ensuring the stable supply of mineral and metal resources for Japan and other markets around the world. Mitsui has been actively investing in the development of iron ore and metallurgical coal resources since the 1960s. In 2003, we invested in Brazil-based Vale, the largest iron ore producer in the world. We continue to expand our business in iron ore with Rio Tinto and BHP in Australia, establishing a solid earnings base. In the metallurgical coal business, we participate in projects in Australia in partnership with leading international mining companies. We also contribute to the stable supply of raw materials essential to steelmaking such as steel scrap, direct reduced iron, pig iron and ferroalloys (manganese, silicon and chromium). In China, we have invested in Erdos EPMC (Electrical Power & Metallurgical Co.) in Inner Mongolia, where we are engaged in businesses related to ferroalloys and chemicals, etc.
In addition, we focus on the development of non-ferrous materials such as copper, nickel, aluminium and lithium, etc. We invest in copper projects such as Collahuasi and Anglo American Sur in Chile, nickel projects such as Taganito in the Philippines, the Amazon Aluminium Complex Project and a lithium mine development project in Brazil with Atlas Lithium Corporation.
Recycling and environment related business for a sustainable and circular economy.
We work towards the creation of a sustainable and circular economy through the ferrous and non-ferrous metal recycling businesses, such as our investments in Sims, a leading global recycling company, and MTC, India’s largest recycling company. In addition, we are engaged in development and recycling of raw materials for secondary batteries that are essential for electric vehicles.
We will continue to originate new ventures to address social challenges such as global environmental issues, while further enhancing our existing assets and promoting initiatives to realize a circular economy.
Key projects
- Iron Ore: Robe River, Mt. Newman, Yandi, Goldsworthy, Jimblebar (Australia), Vale (Brazil and others)
- Metallurgical Coal: Dawson, Moranbah North, Grosvenor, Capcoal, Kestrel (Australia)
- Recycling business: Sims (Australia, North America), MTC (India)
- Copper: Collahuasi, Anglo American Sur (Chile)
- Aluminium: Amazon Aluminium Complex Project (Brazil)
- Nickle: Taganito (Philippines)
- Lithium: Atlas (Brazil) *Under mine development
- Ferroalloys: Inner Mongolia Erdos Electric Power Metallurgy Co Ltd (China)
Videos
Releases & Topics
- Dec. 16, 2025TOPICS
- Rhodes Ridge Joint Venture to Commence Feasibility Study for Mine Development in Australia
- Dec. 2, 2025TOPICS
- Mitsui to Invest in EVERSTEEL – Developer and Supplier of AI-based Steel Scrap Analysis Systems
- Oct. 7, 2025Releases
- Robe River Joint Venture to Invest in Development of New Deposits at West Angelas Mine in Western Australia
