东京消息 —— 日本田中贵金属集团将与一家马来西亚公司成立合资企业，在马来西亚建设一座回收厂，目标是于2029年4月开始运营，旨在为半导体行业供应黄金等贵金属。
TOKYO -- Japan's Tanaka Precious Metal Group will establish a joint venture with a Malaysian company to build a recycling plant in Malaysia, targeting an April 2029 start of operations, with the aim of supplying gold and other precious metals to the semiconductor industry.
子公司田中贵金属工业与马来西亚资源回收公司MEP Enviro Technology将成立名为Tanaka MEP Refinery的合资企业。日本公司将持有66.7%的股份，而MEP将持有剩余的33.3%。
Subsidiary Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies and Malaysian resource recovery company MEP Enviro Technology will establish a venture called Tanaka MEP Refinery. The Japanese company will hold a 66.7% stake, while MEP will own the remaining 33.3%.
两家公司未披露新工厂的投资金额，该工厂将回收和再利用半导体及电子元件制造过程中产生的含贵金属废料。该设施将结合MEP在收集和预处理方面的专长与田中贵金属的提炼技术。
The two companies did not disclose the investment amount for the new plant, which will recover and recycle scrap containing precious metals generated during the manufacturing of semiconductors and electronic components. The facility will combine MEP's expertise in collection and pretreatment with Tanaka's refining technology.
两家公司此前已有合作，由MEP在马来西亚收集和预处理的含贵金属材料在田中贵金属位于日本的设施中进行提炼。通过合资企业，双方旨在加强东南亚国家联盟地区的贵金属回收。
The companies have already been working together, with materials containing precious metals collected and preprocessed by MEP in Malaysia being refined at Tanaka facilities in Japan. Through the joint venture, they aim to strengthen precious metals recycling across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region.