News
December 15, 2023
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Completion of Expansion Project of Indonesian Subsidiary
- Copper Concentrate Processing to Increase by 30% -
PT. Smelting ("PTS"), a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation ("MMC"), has been expanding the processing capacity of copper concentrate at its Gresik Smelter & Refinery in Gresik District, East Java Province, Indonesia. The expansion project will be completed by the end of this year as originally planned, and production will increase from the beginning of 2024. With the completion of the expansion project, the processing volume of copper concentrate and the electrolytic copper production capacity at Gresik Smelter & Refinery will increase as follows.
- Annual processing volume of copper concentrate
- 1.3 million dmt (current 1.0 million dmt)
- Annual electrolytic copper production capacity
- 342 thousand mt (current 300 thousand mt)
Newly introduced wheel casting system for anode
Panoramic view of new acid plantPTS's Gresik Smelter & Refinery is one of the copper smelters outside of Japan that uses the Mitsubishi Process, MMC's patented continuous copper smelting process. MMC has participated in PTS, the first Indonesian copper smelting project, since 1996. We will continue to support the operations of PTS, which plays an important role in the Indonesian copper supply chain, after transitioning to the expanded production phase.
MMC Group has set out "Our Commitment" of "For people, society and the earth, circulating resources for a sustainable future." We will continue to make the most of the role of the copper smelter & refinery to realize Our Commitment.
To commemorate the completion of the expansion project, a ceremony was held at PTS's Gresik Smelter & Refinery on Thursday, December 14,
attended by Indonesian President Joko Widodo and many other guests.
- Left
- Naoki Ono, MMC, Chief Executive Officer
- Right
- Richard C. Adkerson
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (*)
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(* PTS is a joint venture of MMC and PT Freeport Indonesia as a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.)
[Related press release]
November 25, 2021
Notice Regarding Change in Consolidated Subsidiary (Specified Subsidiary)
URL: https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5711/tdnet/2053052/00.pdf
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