(C)2008 DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd.

• DOWA Group CSR
  • DOWA CSR
  • Greeting
  • What is Social Responsibility of DOWA?
  • Feature I Contribution to Earth’s environment
  • Aiming for No. 1 in Asia
  • Measures to Fight against Global Warming from Wastes
  • Feature II Fostering Rich Forests and Living Creatures
  • Fostering Rich Forests
  • Purify Water and Fostering Living Creatures.
  • Our Efforts towards Conservation of Biodiversity in Mine Development
  • What’s DOWA?
  • We Support the Infrastructures of the Resource Recycling Society.
  • DOWA Metals & Mining
  • DOWA Eco-System
  • DOWA Electronics Materials
  • DOWA Metaltech
  • DOWA Thermotech
  • As an Public Institution
  • CSR Guideline
  • Basic Environmental Policy
  • Management System
  • Environmental & Social Goals and their Present Statuses
• Social Performance
  • Relationship with Society
  • Relationship with Customers
  • Relationship with Employees
• Environmental Performance
  • Environmentally Conscious Business Management
  • Entire Overview of Business Activities and Environmental Load
  • INPUT
  • OUTPUT
  • Contribution to Global Warming Measures through Destruction of Chlorofluorocarbon
• Economic and Business Management Performance
  • Economic Report
  • Environmental Accounting
  • External Economic Benefit Evaluation EEBE(R)
• Business Overview
  • Corporate History and Environmental Commitment
  • Basic Requirements and Target Organization
  • Questionnaire Resulte

Overview of Business

Our Environmental & Social Commitment

	1869	Denzaburo Fujita establishes a business, Fujita-Gumi in Osaka.	■From the latter half of 1890s and the first half of 1900s. Several hydroelectric power plants were constructed in Kosaka. They still supply 50% of power to Kosaka Smelting and Refining.
	September 1884	The Japanese Government sells the Kosaka Mine to the Fujita-Gumi.
	June 1897	Kosaka Choshi Power Plant, Japan’s second hydroelectric power plant, commences operations.
	May 1899	Kojima Bay reclamation work launches.
	June 1902	Kosaka Black Ore Flash Smelter commences operations
	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.
	December 1945	Corporate name changed to DOWA Mining Co., Ltd.	■1962 Method to select metal concentrates and return the remaining mining wastes back to the mine to reduce mining wastes adopted for developing Uchinotai Mine in Kosaka. ■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 ores and installed facilities to collect sulfurous acid gas to convert it to liquid sulfurous acid. ■1969 Facilities established to safely deposit mining wastes in a site where no environmental pollution may occur, in cooperation with Akita Prefecture (Four yeas before enforcement of the Law on Special Measures for Mine Damage Caused by the Metal Mining Industry, etc). ■1970 “Letter of Agreement on an Zinc Smelting and Refining Plant to be Established by DOWA” executed the 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. ■First half of 1970s Dowa Mining started the efforts to completely collect metals other than just the target metals to reduce mining wastes. ■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.
	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 Matumine area of Hanaoka.
	September 1967	Kosaka Flash Smelter Plant completed, commences operations.
	July 1969	A new black ore mine discovered in Fukazawa area of Hanaoka.
	February 1971	Akita Zinc Co., Ltd. established
	June 1972	DOWA Koei established.
	November 1972	Akita plant completed, commences operations.
	April 1973	Central Laboratory established.
	December 1980	Kosaka Lead Smelting facility completed, commences operations.
	August 1982	Semiconductor Materials Laboratory established.
	September 1983	Okayama Works completed, commences manufacturing metal powders.
	September 1986	Hanaoka Mining Co., Ltd. established.
	June 1988	Akita LED Factory completed, commences operations.
	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 global environment issues. Energy Committee and Environmental Conservation Committee established under the Business Strategic Council for active environmental efforts. ■1994 “DOWA group’s Response to the Issues of the Ozone layer Destruction” prepared. Steam supply started to Tohoku Power’s Kamino-Tai geothermal power plant. ■1995 “DOWA group’s Response to the Wastes Issues” prepared. ■1996 “DOWA group’s Status Survey on Environmental Issues” conducted. ■1998 Environmental survey conducted on all aspects of DOWA’s business activities based on items of ISO 14001. ■1999 Volume of hazardous substances handled within the DOWA group was surveyed. ■2000 Preparation of Environmental Report started. ■2001 Status survey on wastes management, recycling and CO2 emission conducted. CO2 benchmarking of 1999 confirmed. ■2005 PCB disposal plan prepared. Early registration and provision completed. ■2006 Chairman Yoshikawa participates in the World Economic Forum held in the 8th Basel Convention (Nairobi) as a representative from Asia. ■2006 "Lake Kojima Blossom Corridor Project" started in cooperation with local communities to plant 3,000 Kawazu cherry threes. ■2007 The first ”Home Town Afforestation” planting ceremony held with 400 participants including local people. 6,000 young trees planted. ■2008 The second ”Home Town Afforestation” planting ceremony held with 430 participants including local people, 6000 young trees planted. ■2008 Participation in “Team Minus 6%” ■2009 Participation in the UN Global Compact. ■2009 3,000 Kawazu cherry threes planted for the "Lake Kojima Blossom Corridor Project".
	August 1994	Operations commenced at the Tizapa Mine.
	August 1997	DOWA THT AMERICA, INC. established.
	April 2000	In-house company system implemented.
	June 2000	Nippon Purle Limited joins the Dowa group.
	April 2001	E&E Solutions, Inc. joins the Dowa group.
	October 2001	Recycle Systems Japan Co., Ltd. established.
	April 2002	Akita Zinc Solutions Co., Ltd. established.
	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 disposal site) completed.
	February 2006	Act-B Recycling Co., Ltd. joins the Dowa group.
	March 2006	Dowa relocates Head Office to Akihabara, Tokyo.
	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）Co., 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.
	November 2007	DOWA METANIX Co., Ltd. and DOWA-OLIN METAL CORPORATION join the Dowa group.
	May 2008	The CDM business established to recover methane from hog farms in the Philippines jointly with Itochu Corporation.
	May 2008	New environmentally friendly heat treatment plant completed in Ohta City, Gunma.
	August 2008	A biodiesel fuel manufacturing company established in Okayama City, Okayama.
	February 2009	MAEH Inc. a waste disposal company in South East Asia acquired.
	March 2009	The largest-class waste incineration furnace in Eco-System Chiba completed in Sodegaura City, Chiba.

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