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Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo (4082 Jp) - Established Domestic Manufacturing Technology
SUMMARY
- On August 25, 2026, Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (hereafter, the Company), the leading manufacturer of zirconium (chemical symbol: Zr; atomic number 40) compounds, announced in a press release that it had established domestic manufacturing technology for hafnium (chemical symbol: Hf; atomic number 72), one of the critical rare metals.
- The Company plans to begin supplying samples by the end of 2026 and aims to start mass production in 2028.
- Like zirconium, hafnium is a Group 4 element in the titanium group. It is found naturally in zirconium ores in trace amounts (1–2%).
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- Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo (4082 Jp) - Established Domestic Manufacturing Technology29 Sep 2026
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