Businessweek

JX Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in integrated energy, resources, and materials businesses in the Japan and internationally. It is involved in the refining and marketing of petroleum products, including gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, diesel fuel, heavy oil, and lubricating oil; manufacture and marketing of petrochemical products; import and marketing of liquefied petroleum gas, LNG gas, and coal; and development, manufacture, and marketing of residential-use fuel cells, photovoltaic cells, power storage batteries, and other products. The company also engages in the exploration, development, extraction, processing, storage, marketing, and shipment of crude oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources and their secondary products. In addition, it is involved in the development and mining of non-ferrous metal resources; smelting, refining, and marketing of non-ferrous metal products, such as copper, gold, silver, and sulfuric acid; manufacture and marketing of electronic materials, copper foils, precision rolled products, and thin film materials; recycling of non-ferrous metal materials; and treatment of industrial waste for reuse. Further, the company engages in the manufacture of synthetic resin processed products; sea transport of crude oil and petroleum products; generation and supply of electric power; sale and lease of automobile-related parts; and design and construction of roads, pavements, civil engineering works, and petroleum-related facilities. Additionally, it is involved in the design, construction, maintenance, and supervision of construction for machinery, electricity, civil engineering, and buildings; manufacture and marketing of titanium; sale, rental, and management of real estate; and provision of subcontract services for procurement, finance-related, accounting, payroll, and welfare-related works, as well as survey, research, and consulting services. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.