Former companies history
JX Metals Trading is the core trading company in the JX Advanced Metals Group.
Former companies history
| 1948 | [Former Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd.] Establishment of Toho Shoji Co., Ltd. as a vendor of copper produced by Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. (now known as JX Metals Corporation.) |
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| 1949 | [Former Cactus Chemicals Co., Ltd.] Establishment of Tokyo Sanso Co., Ltd. for sales of sulfuric acid and other chemical products |
| 1962 | [Former Cactus Chemicals Co., Ltd.] Tokyo Sanso renamed Tosan Shoji Co., Ltd. |
| 1966 | [Former Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd.] Establishment of Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd. in Osaka; Toho Shoji transfers trade rights for Nippon Mining products in West Japan |
| 1979 | [Former Cactus Chemicals Co., Ltd.] Renamed Cactus Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| 1983 | [Former Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd.] Toho Shoji takes over the Metal Division of Nikko Shoji, and the name of the company is changed to Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd. |
JX Metals Trading Co., Ltd. (former Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd.)
| October 1997 | Merger of Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd. and Cactus Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
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| August 2001 | Establishment of Nippon Mining Shanghai Co., Ltd. (5% owned by JX Metals Trading) |
| January 2006 | Establishment of Nikko Shoji Taiwan Co., Ltd. (restructured and integrated into Nikko Metals Taiwan Co., Ltd. in April 2008) |
| June 2006 | Establishment of Shenzhen Nikko Shoji Co., Ltd. (70% owned by JX Metals Trading) |
| April 2007 | Merger of Nikko Shoji and Nikko Metal Plating Co., Ltd. |
| April 2007 | Establishment of Materials Service Complex Malaysia (40% owned by JX Metals Trading) |
| April 2010 | Establishment of Vietnam Representative Office |
| April 2011 | Nikko Shoji renamed JX Metals Trading Co., Ltd. |
| December 2011 | Nitto Trading, Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of JX Metals Trading |
| January 2014 | Establishment of Materials Service Complex (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (100% owned by JX Metals Trading) |
| February 2014 | Doho Metal (Thailand) Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of JX Metals Trading Doho Metal (Thailand) Co., Ltd. renamed Materials Service Complex Coil Center (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| April 2018 | Merger of JX Metals Trading and Nitto Trading, Ltd. |
| January 2021 | Establishment of Materials Service Complex Vietnam Co., Ltd. (100% owned by JX Metals Trading) |
| October 2022 | JX Metals Takasho Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of JX Metals Trading |
| January 2024 | Materials Service Complex (Thailand) Co., Ltd. merged with Materials Service Complex Coil Center (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| July 2024 | The operations and bases of Raw Materials Recycling Business Division divided and transferred to JX Metals Circular Solutions Co.,Ltd. |
| April 2025 | Establishment of Materials Service Complex India Private Limited(95% owned by JX Metals Trading and 5 % owind by Materials Service Complex (Thailand) Co.,Ltd) |