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MITSUI BUSSAN RAW MATERIALS
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
MITSUI BUSSAN METALS SALES CO., LTD.
June 1987
Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp. was established.
(Capital 200 million yen)
1990
Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp. absorbed West Japan Trading Co., Ltd.
1993
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION acquired 10% share of Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp.
(Capital 260 million yen)
1995
Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp. absorbed Sanko Trading Co., Ltd.
(Capital 266 million yen)
1999
Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp. increased capital by issuing new shares.
(Capital 382 million yen)
2007
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION returned 10% shares of Mitsui Bussan Raw Materials Development Corp. Investment in kind.
(Capital 880 million yen)
April 1989
Bussan Aluminium Sales Co., Ltd. was established.
(Capital 1 billion yen)
1995
Bussan Aluminium Sales Co., Ltd. was renamed Bussan Non-Ferrous Metals Sales Co.,l Ltd.
July 1998
Bussan Non-Ferrous Metals Sales Co., Ltd. was renamed Mitsui Bussan Metals Sales Co., Ltd.
2004
Mitsui Bussan Metals Sales Co., Ltd. absorbed SADOSHIMA METALS.
(Capital 6 million yen)
2007
Mitsui Bussan Metals Sales Co., Ltd. sold 100% share of SADOSHIMA METALS to SADOSHIMA CORPORATION.
2007
Mitsui Bussan Metals Sales Co., Ltd. absorbed Mitsui Bussan Metals Co., Ltd.
(Capital 3.3 billion yen)

MITSUI BUSSAN METALS CO., LTD.

April 2008
MITSUI BUSSAN RAW MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and MITSUI BUSSAN METALS SALES CO., LTD. were integrated into MITSUI BUSSAN METALS CO., LTD.
(Capital 4.2 Billion yen)
April 2013
Steel scrap business was taken over from Mitsui Bussan Metals Co., Ltd. to Mitsui & Co. Steel Ltd.
October 2013
Iron ore, coal (coking coal for steelmaking and general coal) and petroleum coke distribution business were taken over from Mitsui Bussan Metals Co., Ltd. to Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
April 2014
Sakai Works was sold to Kyoei Steel Grop. Established domestic offices in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, and Kyushu.
January 2017
Dividends of 4.0 billion yen were paid.
October 2020
Managing Officers were established.