To further strengthen its market coverage and customer service capabilities in Latin America, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) is pleased to announce the appointment of external consultant Mr. Marcio Goto, a senior mining engineer and mining economics expert, as Regional Manager for Latin America.

Entering the Emergency Command and Production Monitoring Center at the headquarters of Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group, one saw data converging like streams on a giant LCD screen: robotic arms in the titanium processing workshop were moving with precision, and the current parameters of the aluminum electrolysis cells were fluctuating in real time... The production and operational status of more than a dozen subsidiaries, spanning hundreds of kilometers, was condensed into a limited space and transformed into vivid strings of numbers. “In the past, dispatching relied on phone calls, inspections relied on walking, and emergency response took at least two hours; now, with a click of the mouse, real-time conditions at the site are instantly displayed. We no longer depend on verbal descriptions from personnel, the scenarios are more realistic, command is more precise, and contingency plans can be activated within minutes.” The words of the person in charge of the Enterprise Management and Operations Information Department of Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group conveyed a sense of composure and confidence. That composure stemmed from a profound digital transformation. In 2025, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group fully launched its “Year for Enhancing Digitalized Management and Control,” placing information technology development at the core of efforts to drive high-quality transformation and upgrading. Over the past year, with the overall objective of “vertical integration, horizontal connectivity, real-time online operations, coordinated action across all levels, and precise, effective execution,” Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group systematically advanced work across multiple dimensions, including business process reengineering, information system integration, and unified data standards, gradually building a digital system covering all areas of business operation and management, and injecting strong momentum into the enterprise’s modern governance and industrial upgrading. Top-Level Planning Seeing One Blueprint Through to the End In 2025, the information technology work of Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group closely focused on the annual goal of “initial visible results” in high-quality transformation and upgrading, serving the development of a modern industrial system and governance system. By building a management and control business system featuring “vertical integration and horizontal connectivity,” it established three major implementation paths: first, comprehensively reviewing and redesigning business processes to achieve standardized management; second, joining forces with leading technology companies in the industry to build a vertically integrated management and control system spanning all levels of the group; and third, unifying the standards and coding for eight categories of master data, including organization, personnel, materials, and accounting subjects, breaking through horizontal business barriers and focusing on in-depth digital development in key business areas such as investment, procurement, safety, finance, human resources, and Party building. To ensure effective implementation, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group innovatively established a promotion mechanism featuring “three meetings, three lists, and three services.” It strengthened overall planning and coordination through the monthly meeting of the information technology leadership group, special project meetings, and work promotion meetings; relied on demand, project, and progress lists to achieve refined and period-based management; and ensured the solid implementation and sustained operation of information technology projects through full-cycle services covering consulting, development, and operations and maintenance. Building on Systems Constructing a Solid “Digital Tower” Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group used a major push in digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading to strengthen the foundation of its industrial reform and transformation, focusing on building a “big digital intelligence” empowerment system and using new models, new business forms, and new tools to amplify reform results. Consolidate the digital foundation. Strengthen digital infrastructure development across all industry chain clusters and all affiliated enterprises, accelerate the enhancement of data collection, processing, management, and application capabilities across the entire industry chain of “exploration, research, construction; mining, beneficiation, smelting; materials, equipment, trade,” and build a solid foundation for digital transformation. Focus on building a robust and reliable digital foundation and establish the overall “5 Ones + N” information architecture: “one foundation,” the Shaanxi Nonferrous enterprise cloud platform and a high-speed broadband network covering the Group’s information applications; “one platform,” a digital empowerment platform; “one portal,” the Group’s unified portal (external portal + internal portal); “one safeguard,” an information security and operations and maintenance support system; “one standard,” a standards and specifications system; and “N applications,” N business application systems covering the three levels of strategic decision-making, business management, and production operations. Improve data connectivity. Build a network interconnection environment and data flow mechanism covering all affiliated enterprises, accelerate information interconnection and computing power support, break down “data silos” across different links such as R&D, production, management, and marketing, and improve the level of internal business data integration and collaboration across the entire system. Through five major measures, including strict implementation of the “top leader accountability system,” the use of domestically developed and controllable products for basic software and hardware, PTN dedicated lines plus zero-trust technology to provide data exchange channels, the implementation of classified cybersecurity protection assessments for important information systems, and regular attack-and-defense drills, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group built a multi-dimensional cybersecurity defense line to firmly safeguard the enterprise’s digital assets. At the same time, guided by the core objectives of “unified standards, unified platform, unified interfaces, and unified operations and maintenance,” supported by three major systems—the master data standards system, master data management system, and master data integration system—and carried by one intelligent master data management platform, it established a “1+3+1” data resource management system to achieve the aggregation, governance, and value mining of dispersed data. Strengthen intelligent integration. Focus on all links of “exploration, design, mining, ore dressing, smelting, processing, and trade,” vigorously advance the development of digital and intelligent demonstration scenarios, and build demonstration projects for advanced green digital and intelligent technologies. Centered on the entire value chain, all asset elements, and the full life cycle, make every effort to build an intelligent collaboration platform to support high-end upgrading, underpin green development, ensure production safety, and achieve efficient operations. Breakthroughs on Multiple Fronts Key Projects Demonstrate Digital Results The implementation of a series of key projects has become vivid testimony to the transformation and upgrading of Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group. Party-building informatization turned “soft tasks” into “hard indicators.” In response to the characteristics of primary-level Party organizations being “numerous in points, extended in lines, and broad in coverage,” the “Nonferrous Pioneer” Party-building informatization platform launched in 2025 integrated big data and artificial intelligence technologies to build a management matrix covering 6 major modules, 35 core businesses, and 80 detailed items, moving Party-building work from “paper” to “online.”Since the platform began operation, the efficiency of Party affairs processing has increased by 80, the incidence of overdue tasks has fallen by more than 50, the error rate in manual reporting has decreased by 80, and work traceability has achieved 100 digital coverage. By transforming Party-building assessment indicators into value-output dimensions such as strategic enforcement and risk prevention and control capability, a closed-loop mechanism of “push-execute-supervise-feedback” has been established, enabling deep integration between Party-building work and production and operations, with visible data and tangible results. Human Resources Informatization, Unlocking the Potential of the “Primary Resource.” Human resources informatization has entered a new stage of process-based and collaborative management, realizing full-process online and standardized management across organization management, personnel management, compensation and benefits, and performance management. It has not only addressed the problems of low efficiency and long processing times for procedures such as onboarding, confirmation of employment, job transfer, and resignation, but also resolved pain points such as non-standard approvals, inconsistent policy enforcement, and error-prone data verification. The effectiveness of operations management, compliance management, and data management has been improved in parallel, making human resources a true core driver of enterprise development. Financial Informatization, Building a Strong “Embankment” for Risk Prevention and Control. By implementing a decentralized, penetrative, group-wide financial control model, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group established a three-in-one risk prevention system covering “operational risk-business risk-financial risk,” achieving end-to-end penetrative management “from business to statements, and from statements to funds,” and providing intelligent decision-making support throughout the full cycle of “post-event review-in-process optimization-pre-event predictive simulation.” The finance-supply chain integration project launched in January 2026 will further connect key links such as procurement, accounting, and capital, providing real-time and accurate data support for decision-making. Safety and Environmental Protection Informatization, Building a “Dual Line of Defense” Through Whole-Chain Intelligent Control. Taking the development of safety and environmental protection informatization as a starting point, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group continuously deepened its intelligent monitoring and early warning capabilities and accelerated the construction of a whole-chain, visualized intelligent safety and environmental protection control system, thereby reinforcing the safety foundation for high-quality transformation and upgrading. Deepening intelligent monitoring to improve the precision of early warning. After the Group’s dual-prevention informatization platform went online, it established three-dimensional data coordinate models for major hazard sources such as mines, tailings ponds, and hazardous chemicals, accurately mapped key risk monitoring points onto the models, and visually presented hidden disaster-causing factors, thereby enabling intelligent risk analysis, assessment, and early warning. At the same time, it comprehensively promoted an informatized management platform for hazard identification and rectification, achieving full-process closed-loop management of issues and hazards from discovery and rectification to closure through real-time entry, dynamic updating, and whole-process tracking, and strictly preventing “omitted hazards and delayed rectification.” Strengthening process control to reinforce the on-site safety line of defense. Tianhong Ruike, through linkage with the digital dual-prevention system, achieved precise positioning of workers, real-time risk monitoring, and intelligent early warning, building a visualized safety assurance system deeply integrating “human-based prevention + technology-based prevention,” and driving on-site safety management from “passive response” to “proactive prevention.”Empowering outsourced operations oversight to achieve penetrative management. Relying on its safety and environmental protection information management and control platform and the Safety Assistant app, the Smelting Branch of Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group has established a model of “full-process online supervision + dynamic data empowerment” for contractors, enabling real-time tracking and closed-loop management across multiple links, and advancing outsourced operations oversight from “blurred control” to “precise penetration,” with both the penetrative strength and timeliness of supervision improved in tandem. In addition, a number of key projects, including the private cloud platform, the group-wide backbone network, and the electronic tendering and procurement platform, were completed and put into operation one after another, playing an important role in improving resource utilization rates, ensuring safety and compliance, and strengthening risk prevention and control. The outline of “Digital Nonferrous” is becoming increasingly clear. Intelligence Ushers In the Future Embarking on a New Journey Toward “AI+” Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group’s information technology development will deepen the transformation toward “penetrative” management, use the “AI+” initiative as a key driver, and promote the intelligent upgrading of the traditional “mining, beneficiation, smelting, and processing” industries. Adhering to the approach of “building benchmarks, focusing on exemplars, and leading through demonstration,” the group will advance, in a coordinated and step-by-step manner, the full-chain work of “construction, trial operation, and acceptance” for more than 20 information technology projects currently under implementation. It will create typical application scenarios in fields such as mine exploration, mining and beneficiation, metal smelting, processing and manufacturing, and design and construction, so as to drive quality improvement and efficiency gains across the entire industrial chain from key points to the broader whole, and inject new vitality into traditional industries. Starting from applications in production scenarios, it will also build foundational computing power platforms in parallel, and gradually establish a working path for the fine-tuning and deployment of industry-specific large models. Ultimately, it will realize a shift from “experience-driven” to “data- and AI-driven,” move from single-point breakthroughs to system-wide empowerment, advance the intelligent upgrading of industry, and comprehensively enhance enterprises’ core competitiveness in such areas as resource security, production efficiency, cost control, green development, and decision-making capability. The surging tide spurs us forward, and the wind is just right for setting sail. Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Group will take information technology and intelligent technology as its oars, lead with innovation, strive for excellence through solid work, ride the waves on the voyage toward high-quality transformation and upgrading and tangible improvement in quality and performance, and press ahead at full speed toward the goal of building a world-class enterprise.

According to the website of Central Huijin Investment Ltd., the company recently held its 2025 Party Building and Business Work Conference, summarizing the progress of Party building and business management in 2024, and deploying the company's key tasks for the current and upcoming periods. The conference pointed out that over the past year or so, Central Huijin Investment Ltd. has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Under the leadership of the Party Committee of China Investment Corporation, the company has deeply grasped the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, led high-quality development with the new development philosophy, fulfilled its entrusted management responsibilities for state-owned financial capital with integrity and innovation, fully implemented major special tasks, focused on promoting precise services to the real economy by controlled and shareholding institutions, and prevented and mitigated risks in key areas. New progress and achievements have been made in various aspects of the work. The conference emphasized that 2025 marks the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Central Huijin Investment Ltd. should further strengthen its work coordination, not only by anchoring annual goals and tasks to drive implementation and ensure a successful conclusion to the 14th Five-Year Plan, but also by focusing on key periods and proactively planning the company's 15th Five-Year Plan development strategy. The company should explore and improve the entrusted management model for state-owned financial capital, strengthen the construction of its capability to fulfill its duties, promote the high-quality development of controlled and shareholding institutions, and strive to create a new work landscape. First, it should highlight the leading role of Party building, continuously enhance political capabilities, fulfill political responsibilities, deepen the integration of Party leadership into corporate governance, fully cooperate with the guidance and supervision of the central steering group, and effectively transform the learning and education outcomes of thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Party's Eight-Point Regulation into achievements in high-quality development. Second, it should highlight core functions, better fulfill its entrusted management responsibilities for state-owned financial capital, and promote controlled and shareholding institutions to continuously serve as the "main force" in serving the real economy, the "pacesetter" in building first-class financial institutions, and the "anchor" in maintaining financial stability. Third, it should highlight functional coordination, strengthen support and empowerment, rally development synergy, and propel the development of directly managed enterprises to new heights.

SMM News on April 18: From April 16-18, the AICE 2025 SMM (20th) Aluminum Industry Conference and Aluminum Industry Expo, hosted by SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., SMM Metal Trading Center, and Shandong Aisi Information Technology Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. and Lezhi Qianrun Investment Service Co., Ltd., was grandly held at Halls E3-F3 of the Suzhou International Expo Center in Jiangsu Province! As a global annual event for the aluminum industry, this conference gathered over a hundred international authoritative experts, academic leaders, leading entrepreneurs, and government representatives. Centered on the themes of "Global Vision, Industry Insights, Green Future," the conference conducted in-depth discussions on topics such as aluminum market trend analysis, price forecast, supply-demand pattern analysis, business opportunity matching, and cutting-edge technology exchange. Participants focused on industry pain points, discussed paths for industrial upgrading, explored new paradigms for green and low-carbon transformation, and drove the aluminum industry towards cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable development through innovation, actively addressing global climate change and environmental governance challenges. The conference established a high-end platform for resource integration and intellectual exchange, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the global aluminum industry and jointly mapping out a new blueprint for the industry's future. On the afternoon of April 18, after the speaking session of the AICE 2025 SMM (20th) Aluminum Industry Conference and Aluminum Industry Expo concluded, members of the terminal-oriented field trip group visited Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. for an inspection. Multiple members of the terminal-oriented field trip group of the AICE 2025 SMM (20th) Aluminum Industry Conference and Aluminum Industry Expo visited the exhibition hall, factory buildings, production workshops, and product exhibition areas of Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. After the visit, members of the SMM field trip group took a group photo with the leaders of Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., enhancing mutual understanding and looking forward to deeper exchanges and cooperation. Introduction to Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhongyi Feng Holding Group, formerly known as Suzhou Mingde Aluminum, founded in 1993, mainly engaged in the R&D, production, and sales of diversified high-quality industrial aluminum semis. The company possesses full industry chain service advantages, including aluminum billet casting, mold manufacturing, precision extrusion, intelligent processing, ultra-precision forging, cold extrusion forming, and oxidation electrophoresis. Its products are widely used in ESS electronics, automotive lightweighting, mechanical equipment, industrial automation, medical devices, aerospace, rail transit, and other fields. The company has adopted SAP and MES production management systems and has passed certifications for IATF16949, ISO9001 quality management systems, ISO14001 environmental management systems, ISO45001 occupational health and safety management systems, ISO50001 energy management systems, and JISH8601 and JISH4100 Japanese industrial standards suitability. It is currently a professional enterprise with significant strength among Chinese aluminum extrusion producers. The company has been awarded honors such as "Top 20 Industrial Aluminum Extrusion Enterprises in China," "Jiangsu Province Specialized and Sophisticated Enterprise," "Jiangsu Province Private Technology Enterprise," "Jiangsu Province Enterprise Technology Center," and "High-Tech Enterprise Certification." Adhering to harmony for long-term development and striving for excellence through innovation, Zhongyi Fengjinyi Technology derives its name. The renamed enterprise is endowed with a new mission and development vision, aiming to upgrade the traditional industry chain and find breakthroughs in professional R&D. The company, based on the "Jinyi Technology R&D Innovation Center," integrates internal and external R&D platforms and detection resources, collaborates with Soochow University to establish an Advanced Materials Research Institute, promotes deep integration of industry, academia, and research, builds a resource aggregation platform, and is committed to creating an industrial innovation highland, injecting new momentum for a new round of high-quality development. Strong Alliances for Joint Development Over the past two decades, Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. has received numerous honors. Behind its strong technological capabilities, the Jinyi Technology sales team, with remarkable resilience and innovative spirit, achieved a 48% sales growth in 2024 amidst a challenging market environment. This significant achievement is not only based on the existing quality technology, advanced equipment, and efficient personnel management of Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., showcasing the professional strength of the Jinyi team and its rapid adaptability to market changes, but also the result of strong support from Zhongyi Feng Holding Group and the Manufacturing Business Management Department, as well as the relentless efforts and excellent execution of the team members. Meanwhile, in 2025, Zhongyi Fengjinyi (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., as a co-organizer, joined hands with the AICE Aluminum Industry Expo to build an aluminum industry ecosystem.

In response to the requests of many companies in the copper industry chain and to enhance communication between upstream and downstream enterprises, SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (SMM) has meticulously organized a copper industry field trip to Jiangxi from April 24 to 26.

After the conclusion of the CLNB 2025 (10th) New Energy Industry Chain Expo hosted by SMM, SMM has meticulously organized a field trip, composed of representatives from companies worldwide, including Atlantic Lithium, German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA), ING Wholesale Banking, and LG Energy Solution, etc. to visit multiple enterprises in the new energy industry chain.