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Overview of DOWA group

Our Environmental & Social Commitment

	History of DOWA		Our Environmental & Social Commitment
Meiji Era	1869	Denzaburo Fujita establishes a business in Osaka.
	September 1884	The Japanese Government sells to the Fujita-Gumi the Kosaka Mine.
	June 1897	Kosaka Choshi Electric Power Plant, Japan’s second hydroelectric power plant, commences operations.	■ From the latter half of 1890s to the first half of 1900s	Several hydroelectric power plants constructed in Kosaka. They still supply 50% of power to Kosaka Smelting and Refining.
	May 1899	Kojima Bay reclamation work launches.
	June 1902	Kosaka Black Ore Flash Smelter commences operations.
Taisho Era	April 1915	Fujita Gumi acquires Hanaoka mine.
	September 1916	Fujita Gumi acquires Tanahara mine.
	March 1919	Toyosaki Rolling Mill (present DOWA Metal Co., Ltd.) established.
Showa Era	December 1945	Corporate name changed to Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.
	August 1953	Constructed Okayama Works established, commences operations.
	September 1957	Dowa Mining absorbs Fujita Kogyo Co., Ltd.
	June 1959	A new black ore mine discovered in Uchinotai area of Kosaka.
	June 1964	A new black ore mine discovered in Matsumine area of Hanaoka.	■1962	Method to select metal concentrates and return the remaining mining wastes back to the mine to reduce mining wastes adopted for developing the Uchinotai mine in Kosaka.
	September 1967	Kosaka Flash Smelter Plant completed, commences operations.	■1967	Dowa Mining changed the smelting and refining method of Kosaka Smelting and Refining to a more energy saving method of melting ores using reaction heat of the ore and installed facilities to collect sulfurous acid gas to convert it to liquid sulfuric acid.
	July 1969	A new black ore mine discovered in Fukazawa area of Hanaoka.	■1969	Facilities established to safely deposit mining wastes in a site where no environmental pollution may occur, in cooperation with Akita Prefecture. (Four years before enforcement of the Law on Special Measures for Mine Damage Caused by the Metal Mining Industry, etc.)
	February 1971	Akita Zinc Co., Ltd. established.	■1970	“Letter of Agreement on an Zinc Smelting and Refining Plant to be Established by DOWA” executed with Akita Prefecture and Akita City. Akita Zinc Co., Ltd. positioned as a "Green Smelting and Refining Plant”, trees planted in 53% of its site of 600,000 m2.
	June 1972	DOWA Koei established.	■First half of 1970s	Dowa Mining started the efforts to completely collect all metals other than just the target metals to reduce mining wastes.
	November 1972	Akita Plant completed, commences operations.
	April 1973	Central Laboratory established.	■1974	Pit-water treatment technology using bacteria implemented for the first time in Japan, that is connected to resource-recycling, energy-saving and environmental conservation.
	December 1980	Kosaka Lead Smelting Facility completed, commences operations.
	August 1982	Semiconductor Materials Laboratory established.
	September 1983	Completed Okayama Works completed, commences manufacturing metal powders.
	September 1986	Hanaoka Mining Co., Ltd. established.
	June 1988	Akita LED Factory completed, commences operations.
Heisei Era	March 1989	DOWA INTERNATIONAL CORP. established.
	May 1989	Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd. established.
	April 1991	Dowa Mining absorbs Tokyo Heat Treatment Co., Ltd., establishes Thermotech headquarters.
	May 1992	MINERA TIZAPA, S.A.DE C.V. established.
	December 1992	Shiojiri Works completed.
	June 1993	Thermo-Technology Center Completed.	■1993	DOWA’s environmental voluntary plan prepared to respond to increasing global awareness on the earth environment issues. Energy Committee and Environmental Conservation Committee established under the Business Strategic Council for active environmental efforts.
	August 1994	Operations commenced at the Tizapa Mine.	■1994	“DOWA group’s Response to the Issues of the Ozone Layer Destruction” prepared. Steam supply started at the Tohoku Power’s Kamino-Tai geothermal power plant.
	August 1997	DOWA THT AMERICA, INC. established.	■1995	“DOWA group’s Response to the Wastes Issues” prepared.
	April 2000	In-house company system implemented.	■1996	“DOWA group’s Status Survey on Environmental Issues” conducted.
	June 2000	Nippon Purle Limited joins the Dowa group.	■1998	Environmental survey conducted on all aspects of DOWA’s business activities based on items of ISO 14001.
	April 2001	E&E Solutions, Inc. joins the Dowa group.	■1999	Volume of hazardous substances handled within the DOWA group was surveyed.
	October 2001	Recycle Systems Japan Co., Ltd. established.	■2000	Preparation of Environmental Report started.
	April 2002	Akita Zinc Solutions Co., Ltd. established.	■2001	Status survey on waste management, recycling and CO2 emission conducted. CO2 benchmarking of 1999 confirmed.
	October 2002	Dowa Advanced Materials Shanghai Co., Ltd. established.
	April 2003	Zinc Excel Co., Ltd., Acids Co., Ltd., Geotechnos Co., Ltd. and Dowa Techno Engineering Co., Ltd. established.
	December 2003	Dowa Environmental Management Co., Ltd. established.
	October 2004	Dowa Techno Research established.
	December 2004	Green Fill Kosaka (final landfill deposal site) completed.	■2005	PCB disposal plan prepared. Early registration and provision completed.
	February 2006	Act-B Recycling Co., Ltd. joins the Dowa group.	■2006	Chairman Yoshikawa participates in the World Economic Forum held in the 8th Basel Convention (Nairobi) as a representative from Asia.
	March 2006	Dowa relocates Head Office to Akihabara, Tokyo.	■2006	"Lake Kojima Blossom Corridor Project" started in cooperation with local communities to plant 3,000 Kawazu cherry trees.
	August 2006	CEMM Co., Ltd. joins the Dowa group.
	October 2006	Holding company system implemented. New group management system started with five operating companies. Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. changed its name to Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.
	April 2007	DOWA Thermotech（Thailand）Col, Ltd. established to offer maintenance service of heat treatment processing equipment and facilities in Thailand. Taiwan office of DOWA ECO-SYSTEM established.
	August 2007	New furnace for recycled materials completed in Kosaka Smelting and Refining
	September 2007	DOWA HD EUROPE GmbH established in Germany.
	August 2006	DOWA METANIX Co., Ltd. and DOWA-OLIN METAL CORPORATION join the Dowa group.

 

Basic Requirements

Published in June 2008
The next report will be published in June 2009.
Responsible department: The CSR Department of DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd.
URL	http : //www.dowa.co.jp/index.htm （in Japanese） http : //www.dowa.co.jp/english/index.htm（in English）
Contact	Akihabara UDX Bldg. F22, 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 Phone：03-6847-1104　　Fax：03-6847-1120 E-mail address：info@dowa.co.jp The following materials are available from our website. ・Materials for results briefing　 http://www.dowa.co.jp/jp/ir/library_meeting.html ・Financial Report　 http://www.dowa.co.jp/jp/ir/library_portfolio.html ・Investor’s Guide　 http://www.dowa.co.jp/jp/ir/library_guide.html ・Annual Report　 http://www.dowa.co.jp/jp/ir/library_annual.html

 

Target Organizations

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. changed its name to Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd on October 1, 2006 and started a new holding company system. In connection with this change, the boundaries of aggregation of financial figures were changed starting with this report.

In connection with business discontinuity of our construction subsidiary, Dowa Koei (January, 2008) and transfer of the assets of Akita Geothermal Energy (January, 2008), they were removed from this report.

MM Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.	Akita Rare Metal Co., Ltd.
	Akita Zinc Co., Ltd.
	Akita Zinc Solutions Co., Ltd.
	Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd.
	Nippon PGM Co., Ltd.
ES ECO-SYSTEM	ECO-SYSTEM Hanaoka
	ECO-SYSTEM Sanyo
	ECO-SYSTEM AKITA
	ECO-SYSTEM Chiba
	Eco-Recycle Co., Ltd.
	Dowa Tsu-un Co., Ltd.
	Eco System Japan
	GEOTECHNOS Co., Ltd
	E&E Solutions Co., Ltd.
	Ecosystem Recycling Higashi Nihon
	Ecosystem Recycling Nishi Nihon
	Act-B recycling Co., Ltd
	ECO-SYSTEM Okayama
	Green Fill Kosaka
	ECO-SYSTEM Kosaka
EL Electronics	DOWA Electronics Okayama
	Dowa Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
	DOWA IP Creation
	DOWA F-TEC
MT Metaltech Co., Ltd.	DOWA Metal
	DOWA Power Device
	Dowa Hightech Co., Ltd.
	New Nippon Brass Co., Ltd.
	Hoei Shoji Co., Ltd.
TH Thermotech Co., Ltd.	DOWA Thermoengineering, Maoka Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Yokohama Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Hamamatsu Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Toyota Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Shiga Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Anjo Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Handa Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Toyohashi Works
	DOWA Thermoengineering, Development Center
	CEMM Co., Ltd.
HD Holdings	Dowa Techno Engineering Co., Ltd
	Unekura Mine (West)
	Tokyo Headquarters

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