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Kazinform News Agency (26 January 2026)

Zhanna Nurmaganbetova

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plans to begin importing the rare metal gallium from Kazakhstan later this year to diversify supply sources of critical materials, Kyodo reports. 

The company said its subsidiary Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. reached a deal in December with the government-affiliated Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC to procure 15 tons of gallium per year on average for several years from 2026.

It will be Mitsubishi's first gallium import business, it said.

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