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News Releases : 2007

December

News Releases
date	contents
2007.12.27	Mitsui to Invest US$297 million for Robe River J/V Mine Development in Western Australia
2007.12.10	Mitsui Agrees to Purchase MOECO Shares from Sanki Engineering Co., Ltd.
2007.12.07	Mitsui and Louis Dreyfus Commodities establishes a Joint Venture of Canola Crushing Business in Canada
2007.12.05	Nine Japanese companies were jointly awarded a contract for the "Feasibility study of the Natural Gas Hydrate ("NGH") ocean transportation chain" by Japan Oil, Gas and Metal National Corporation ("JOGMEC").

November

News Releases
date	contents
2007.11.29	Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. Establish New Company in Europe
2007.11.28	Australia - The Development of Henry Gas Field
2007.11.20	Mitsui gives $100,000 to aid Bangladesh cyclone relief efforts
2007.11.19	Mitsui, Intercontinental Terminals Company, and Rubis announce joint venture for construction of new bulk liquid chemical terminal in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.
2007.11.16	Additional investment in the Goro nickel cobalt project in New Caledonia
2007.11.16	Mitsui to integrate 3 plastics and chemical products sales subsidiaries
2007.11.14	Contract award of 70 Electric Multiple Units to Wellington
2007.11.13	Investment in Brazilian Agricultural Production Business
2007.11.02	Financial Results for the Six-Month Period Ended September 30, 2007

October

News Releases
date	contents
2007.10.29	Ten Year Production Period Extension of Four Offshore Blocks in the Gulf of Thailand
2007.10.11	Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announces a strategic relationship about WiMAX with ACCA Wireless, ACCA Networks and NTT DoCoMo
2007.10.10	Sales of stakes in Cable Net Companies
2007.10.05	Mitsui & Co.(U.S.A.) to Merge with Mitsui Steel Holdings
2007.10.04	Agreement to Expand Plant at Inner Mongolia Erdos EJM Manganese Alloys Co., China
2007.10.01	Mitsui to Acquire Additional Interest in Tangguh LNG Project, Indonesia

September

News Releases
date	contents
2007.09.20	Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announces strategic relationship with Stone Point Capital, a global private equity firm that primarily invests in the insurance and financial services industries
2007.09.03	Mitsui and GS E&C signed US$1.8Bil Egypt refinery order

August

News Releases
date	contents
2007.08.13	Commercial operation of all facilities at the Umm Al Nar Power and Water Project in Abu Dhabi, UAE begins
2007.08.09	Mitsui agreed to acquire 25% of the outstanding shares of Multigrain
2007.08.08	Establishment of a distribution company in Brazil to market audio visual consumer electronics products and office appliances
2007.08.06	Offtaking of crude oil related to loan agreement for PDVSA
2007.08.03	Mitsui, NYK Line subsidiary and Teekay Corporation in 3 companies consortium receive a letter of intent for long term charter of 4 new LNG vessels from Angola LNG Project.

July

News Releases
date	contents
2007.07.31	Mitsui to Set up "Mitsui & Co. Steel Ltd."
2007.07.31	Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2007
2007.07.31	New Zealand - Tui Area Oil Fields Commence Production
2007.07.04	Expanding Tap Water Business in Thailand

June

News Releases
date	contents
2007.06.29	Receipt of a notice of tax assessment based on transfer pricing taxation in Japan
2007.06.21	Completion of Combining of UK Power Generating Assets with International Power Plc.
2007.06.06	Mitsui Acquires 19.9% of Sims Group Limited
2007.06.06	Mitsui to Acquire 14% Shares in Synlait Limited
2007.06.04	Mitsui to Complete Steel Technologies Acquisition
2007.06.01	Project Finance for the Greenfield Energy Centre project in Ontario, Canada has been closed

May

News Releases
date	contents
2007.05.25	Equatorial Guinea LNG Project Completes Delivery of First LNG Cargo
2007.05.25	Mitsui to Participate in Water Supply Project and Wastewater Treatment Project in Queretaro State, Mexico
2007.05.22	Mitsui to Purchase Additional Shares in Mitsui Chemicals
2007.05.21	Mitsui Participates in Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
2007.05.02	Mitsui to Sell Shares in EBM to CVRD
2007.05.01	Mitsui to Acquire U.S. Auto Finance Companies

April

News Releases
date	contents
2007.04.27	Mitsui & Co. announces Strategic Alliance with Central Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group in Consumer Finance Business
2007.04.26	Mitsui and Evraz terminate their joint venture to develop the Denisovskoye coal field
2007.04.24	Mitsui divests certain Australian upstream oil & gas assets
2007.04.24	Mitsui to sell 51% Stake in Indian Iron Ore Company
2007.04.19	Gazprom Enters Sakhalin II Project
2007.04.19	Establishment of NGH Japan Co., Ltd. To be a pioneer for the commercialization of Natural Gas Hydrate Technology
2007.04.04	Contract awarded for Civil & Track Works for Saudi Arabia North South Railway (New Line)
2007.04.03	KOKUBU & CO., LTD. and MITSUI & CO., LTD. agree to enter into an equity alliance

March

News Releases
date	contents
2007.03.31	Mitsui to Acquire 19.9% Shares in Sims Group Limited
2007.03.30	Notice of the Filing of a Petition by a Subsidiary to Commence Civil Rehabilitation Proceedings
2007.03.30	Mitsui and AES signed the financing agreements for Jordan's first IPP
2007.03.29	Combining of UK Power Generating Assets with International Power Plc.
2007.03.23	Mitsui to Expand Capacity at Western Australian Iron Ore Joint Ventures with BHP Billiton
2007.03.20	Purchase of U.S. Company, Ellison Technologies Inc. by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.and Establishment of a Machine Tools Sales and Service Company in Russia
2007.03.20	Construction of Wind Power Project in Poland Starts
2007.03.08	Mitsui invests US$ 30 million in Brightstar's subsidiary for Southeast Asian Operation
2007.03.01	Mitsui USA to acquire Steel Technologies
2007.03.01	Mitsui, Petrobras and Camargo Correa sign a Memorandum of Understanding to make deploying ethanol export pipeline infrastructure viable
2007.03.01	Mitsui Announces Secondary Offering of Shares in Telepark Corp.

February

News Releases
date	contents
2007.02.23	Loan Agreement for Petróleo de Venezuela S.A
2007.02.21	Mitsui Approves Additional Investment for the Drilling & Work-over Program at the Enfield Oil Project in Offshore Australia
2007.02.16	Anglo Coal Australia and Mitsui Coal Holdings reach a basic agreement to purchase Surat Basin Deposit
2007.02.15	Trading Losses of Mitsui Oil (Asia) Pte. Ltd. ("MOAS") in physical and future trading of Naphtha
2007.02.15	Mitsui to wind down its subsidiary Mitsui Oil (Asia) Pte. Ltd.'s operation
2007.02.09	Changes of Directors and Executive Officers
2007.02.01	Mitsui to spend US$284 million for Robe River J/V port expansion in Western Australia

January

News Releases
date	contents
2007.01.31	Consolidated Financial Results for the Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2006
2007.01.24	Mitsui Participates in Recruit Co., Ltd.

*The information contained in this news release is true and accurate at the time of publication; however, it may be subject to change without prior notice.