东京 -- 日本贸易商社双日最早将于2027年开始从马来西亚采购钇，旨在将这一关键稀土元素的来源从中国实现多元化。
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Sojitz will start procuring yttrium from Malaysia as early as 2027, seeking to diversify sources of the key rare-earth element away from China.
在发布季度财报时，社长植村浩介表示，公司计划从该东南亚国家获取钇及其他中重稀土。
Reporting quarterly earnings, President Kosuke Uemura said the company aims to acquire yttrium and other medium and heavy rare earths from the Southeast Asian country.
“不会立即实现，但我们正按计划在明年或之后开始供应，”植村说。
"It won't be immediate, but we're on track for supplies to start next year or later," Uemura said.
据植村介绍，由澳大利亚合作伙伴莱纳斯稀土公司主导的马来西亚加工厂扩建项目正在取得进展。
processing plant expansion project in Malaysia led by Australian partner Lynas Rare Earths is making progress, according to Uemura.
中重稀土具有广泛的高科技应用。钇是半导体制造设备必不可少的材料，而铽则用于电动汽车电机。双日自2025年10月起一直与莱纳斯合作采购铽等此类稀土。
Medium and heavy rare earths have a range of high-tech applications. Yttrium is essential for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, while terbium is used in electric-vehicle motors. Sojitz has been working with Lynas to procure such rare earths as terbium since October 2025.
中国对日本的氧化钇出口在6月降至零，凸显了实现来源多元化的必要性。日本首相高市早苗7月在X上写道：“钇是我国重要的稀土。”
China's yttrium oxide exports to Japan fell to zero in June, underscoring the need to diversify sources. Yttrium "is an important rare earth for our country," Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrote on X in July.