Metals

Development of rare earth mining

Molten aluminum production

The Metals Division considers steel and nonferrous metals not just as commodities, but also as unique and functional materials, and strives to offer products optimally suited to the requirements of each user and supplier.

In the steel sheet business, Toyota Tsusho achieves flexible delivery responses in line with domestic demand by deploying its domestic and overseas processing bases as the nucleus of an ordering system that utilizes cutting-edge IT and an efficient logistics structure. Additionally, we operate a steel blanking business worldwide that is tailored to user needs.

In the steel bars and tubes business, we process and sell specialty steel bar and steel tubes, and we sell steel construction materials required for buildings, plants and other structures.

In the nonferrous metals business, we are working to expand business while minimizing market price fluctuation risk for nonferrous metals with a global trading structure centering mainly on Japan, London and Singapore. In addition, we are developing a worldwide molten aluminum production business that offers energy-cost and environmental load-reduction advantages.

Our steel raw materials businesses give top consideration to the global environment. Efforts are focused on recycling metal resources obtained from factory iron & steel scrap, as well as market scrap from buildings, or end-oflife (ELV) vehicles. Today, our efforts are directed at expanding these business domains beyond the metals field.