India, Japan to firm up strategic ties

よく読んでいるThe Hinduの25日付の記事で、今度の会社のことが載っていたのでメモメモ。

 

Rare earths Discussion on rare earths will be held for the second summit meeting in a row. The decks have been cleared with the removal of Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) from the Japanese End Users List in August this year. The Prime Ministers are likely to discuss this sensitive subject that entails a joint venture between IREL and Toyota Tsusho for a plant in Orissa. India stopped exporting rare earths seven years ago to stop depletion of mineral resources at a time when international prices were weak.

7年前に輸出をストップしてたなんて、知らなかった。

これからどんどんインドへ投資、または進出する会社が増えるのだろうな。