Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu) announced that, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Shimonoseki Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi; President: YOKAWA Naokazu), it has begun developing the recycling technology required to produce high-purity phosphorus materials in Japan. The aim of this endeavor is to recover phosphoric acid from underused phosphorus resources and turn it into high-value-added products in the form of high-purity phosphorus materials for reuse in manufacturing industry.These development efforts are part of a jointly proposed project involving the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Yoneyama Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and Saga University that has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for the Feasibility Study Program on Creation of New Industries and Innovative Technologies, following an open call for proposals.
Mitsui Chemicals and subsidiary Shimonoseki Mitsui Chemicals are developing recycling technology to produce high-purity phosphorus materials in Japan.
Partnering with AIST, Yoneyama Chemical, and Saga University, the project, backed by NEDO, aims to recover phosphoric acid from underused resources, creating high-value materials for industrial reuse.
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