Fresh from IPO, Japan's JX Advanced Metals aims for new start as chip sector stock

Energy group spinoff accelerates shift toward semiconductor materials

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JX Advanced Metals holds a roughly 60% global share in sputtering targets, which are used in the chipmaking process. (Photo by Yuji Ohira)

TAKAHIRO YAMAMOTO, MAO KAWANO and YUJI OHIRA

TOKYO -- JX Advanced Metals gained on its first session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, moving out from under energy group Eneos Holdings' umbrella as it shifts focus from resources and smelting to semiconductor materials.

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