What is REMINE?
Mitsubishi Materials has launched REMINE series, Japan’s first recycled metal brand that displays the content of recycled materials contained in non-ferrous metal products. For the first batch, we released Refined Tin (Ingot) and Refined Lead (Ingot). The REMINE series offers non-ferrous metal products that utilize Mitsubishi Materials’ recycling technology, while calculating their recycled material content based on the ISO 14021 international standard. The reliability of these products is verified by a third-party organization.

We can create new value now as our technology aligns with societal needs
Our company has traditionally manu- factured metal products by utilizing re- cycled materials. This method requires technology and incurs costs because recycled materials vary in type and shape. Additionally, they often require preprocessing to be usable as recycled materials and may contain elements that do not exist in natural resources.
We have long developed technology to address these challenges and deliver products to our customers. In planning the launch of REMINE, we believed that now was the opportune moment to create new value by branding recycled metals, as our cultivated technology aligned with current societal needs.
To achieve a sustainable society, ensuring information transparency and traceability for raw materials of products throughout the supply chain will be increasingly important for resource recycling and reducing environmental impacts. REMINE calculates the content of recycled materials based on clear international standards and ensures high reliability through third-party verification. We are confident that the demand for REMINE will grow, especially in an era where leading companies across various industries such as electronics, automobiles, and textilesare committed to utilizing recycled materials.


REMINE expands and strengthens the recycling loop
I assume that society expects Mitsubi- shi Materials to expand and strengthen the recycling loop. Conventionally, recycled materials were more reason- able than natural materials and easier to procure. However, in the current era, where there is a global trend toward realizing a circular economy, recycled materials have gained greater value.
Countries and businesses scrutinize recycling companies more closely and seek to know how their own emissions are processed and what types of prod- ucts are created from them.
In other words, by adding value to products that utilize recycled materials, we can become the company of choice and gain easier access to recycled materials. We are expected to expand and strengthen the recycling loop by increasing awareness of our recycling technology, improving our scrap collecting capabilities, and delivering  more recycled metals to society.
While we have successfully launched REMINE, I personally believe it is necessary, as a member of the Business Development Dept., to devise additional methods to enhance its profitability. Given the rapidly changing environment, we will continue to collect information and engage with relevant parties, leveraging our cultivated technical expertise, experience, and both internal and external networks to seek profitability.

Ensuring traceability for our customers and those beyond them
We at the Sales Dept. are actively promoting our recycling and environ- mental initiatives, aiming to have the value of REMINE products recognized not only by our direct customers, but also by customers beyond them. As a result of these daily efforts, Refined Lead is primarily used in automotive and industrial storage batteries, while Refined Tin finds applications as a lead- free soldering material, in chemical products, and for tin plates.
While we have conventionally promoted and sold our refined lead and tin products by emphasizing the use of recycled materials, there was no way to prove this to end-users tracing the long supply chain. However, with our acquisition of ISO certifications through a third-party organization, we can now demonstrate that our products originate from recycled materials, adhering to clear international standards. More- over, ensuring traceability will also be easy for our direct customers and customers beyond them. Our products will appeal to customers because they are made from sustainable, eco-friendly, and clean raw materials that contribute to resource recycling and decarbonization.

Increasing the types of collectable metals to further expand resource recycling
Natural resources are limited. In Japan, where resources are particularly scarce, realizing a circular economy is considered imperative. Stable resource procurement forms the foundation of sustainable economic activities, and in recent years, the significance of recycling and utilizing limited resources has been reaffirmed. Our mission extends beyond strengthening initiatives for resource recycling and reducing environmental impacts through our cultivated recycling technology and contributing to the entire society; we also aim to ensure information transparency and traceability for raw materials in the supply chain. Looking ahead, we believe it is necessary to expand the realm of resource recycling by increasing the types of collectable metals.
Our company has provided society with metal products that were collected using our cultivated smelting technology. In addition to this initiative, we are committed to collecting scraps generated in the supply chain. Our goal is to lead the creation of a resource circulation system that is not confined to our company but involves customers and relevant parties.