２０２６重要鉱物第２号－１
Certification of Santoku's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for rare earths under the Economic Security Promotion Act
経済安全保障推進法に基づく重要鉱物の供給確保計画の認定（株式会社三徳、認定番号２０２６重要鉱物第２号－１）
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Summary
On 29 July 2026 (令和8年7月29日) METI certified the supply-assurance plan of Santoku Corporation (株式会社三徳) under the Economic Security Promotion Act (certification number ２０２６重要鉱物第２号－１): new smelting facilities in Japan to increase rare earth production. METI's list gives a subsidy of about 8億円 (JPY 0.8 billion), paid by JOGMEC at half the applicant's cost of the undertaking. JOGMEC lists the grant among its FY2026 (令和8年度) grant decisions.
Analytical significance
Japan's economic-security support works through certification plus a half-cost grant to a named domestic company, rather than equity or loans. Its rare-earth plans add smelting capacity inside Japan at the stages whose Chinese technology exports Announcement No. 62 placed under licence in October 2025.
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29 Jul 2026
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重要鉱物（経済安全保障推進法に基づく認定供給確保計画）
Primary source経済産業省 (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan)
METI's critical-minerals page, section 4 (認定供給確保計画): each certified supply-assurance plan with the business, certification number, the undertaking and the approximate subsidy (※助成額は約○億円), and the certification date. Read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23 (the site refuses automated clients); eleven plans listed, the latest certified on 16 September 2026. The page is updated in place and carries no publication date for the list.
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/economic_security/metal/index.html
重要鉱物助成金交付事業
Primary source独立行政法人エネルギー・金属鉱物資源機構 (JOGMEC)
JOGMEC's page for the critical-minerals grant programme under the Economic Security Promotion Act, read in full 2026-09-23. It pays certified businesses "当該取組に係る申請者負担額の1／2の助成金" (a grant of half the applicant's cost of the undertaking) and lists the grant decisions (交付決定事業) with approximate amounts and the fiscal year of the decision: nine as read, the latest three in 令和8年度 (FY2026). Rechecked in full on 3 October 2026 against the current official page (ten grant-decision rows). Allied Material remains an approximately JPY 7.5 billion decision in FY2025, without a calendar decision date or cash-payment disclosure. The 助成率 table states half the applicant's costs as an upper limit, not an exact project-wide ratio.
https://www.jogmec.go.jp/activities/metal/critical-grant.html
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Strategic Materials Policy Tracker. "Certification of Santoku's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for rare earths under the Economic Security Promotion Act." Record evt-jp-espa-santoku-rare-earth-2026, 2026-07-29. https://strategic-materials-policy-tracker.vercel.app/events/evt-jp-espa-santoku-rare-earth-2026