Announced details
Metal smelting, mining processes, smelting of seabed mineral resources, and strengthening the resilience of rare-metal supply chains
Potential for lower running costs through energy savings compared with existing rotary kilns at the future implementation stage
Our company is participating in The University of Tokyo's project to develop smelting methods for seabed mineral resources. Our company is responsible for conducting calcination tests on manganese nodule ore. Capital and personnel relationships are Not disclosed.
National university corporation engaged in developing smelting methods for seabed mineral resources. Other information, including its location, representative, capital and year of establishment, is Not disclosed.
Bench scale at the several-tens-of-kilograms scale
The impact of this matter on the company’s financial results is immaterial.
The company does not address Contract Value / Offering price.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Early Social Implementation Support Project for the Creation of GX-Related Industries, Cabinet Office
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Microwave calcination technology for manganese nodule ore, Green Mining-MXTM |
| Counterparty | The University of Tokyo |
| Counterparty overview | National university corporation engaged in developing smelting methods for seabed mineral resources. Other information, including its location, representative, capital and year of establishment, is Not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | Our company is participating in The University of Tokyo's project to develop smelting methods for seabed mineral resources. Our company is responsible for conducting calcination tests on manganese nodule ore. Capital and personnel relationships are Not disclosed. |
| Applicable area | Metal smelting, mining processes, smelting of seabed mineral resources, and strengthening the resilience of rare-metal supply chains |
| Location scale | Bench scale at the several-tens-of-kilograms scale |
| Quantitative Effects | Potential for lower running costs through energy savings compared with existing rotary kilns at the future implementation stage |
| Impact on Business Performance | The impact of this matter on the company’s financial results is immaterial. |
| Source | Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Early Social Implementation Support Project for the Creation of GX-Related Industries, Cabinet Office |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The target temperature was reached and the ore was successfully calcined. An initial economic assessment, taking energy efficiency and CO2 emissions into account, identified the potential for lower running costs than rotary kilns in future implementation.