Chihong Zinc & Germanium stated on its investor interaction platform that the company, together with Chinalco Group, Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco), Yunnan Copper, and Chalco Capital, jointly established Chalco Qianxing to create a rare metals industry chain extension platform. Chalco Qianxing's daily operations will strictly adhere to the basic principle of "equal shares, equal rights, and equal responsibilities." All investors will enjoy equal dividend rights according to their respective shareholding ratios, and will also enjoy priority subscription rights for corresponding proportions of capital increases in accordance with laws and regulations. Leveraging strategic synergy and resource complementarity with Chalco Qianxing, the company can sustainably consolidate its core competitive position in the upstream of the germanium industry chain. Simultaneously, by holding a 20% stake in Chalco Qianxing, the company can sustainably share in the operating income and equity appreciation of Chalco Group's various rare metals extending to high-value-added downstream sectors, and accelerate its entry into other strategic metals besides germanium, leveraging and sharing the advantages of group-based operations and the synergistic advantages of different rare metal materials industries.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of typical cases of artificial intelligence applications in 2025. Two cases recommended by Chinalco Group—the Zhengzhou Research Institute's "Real-time Online AI Analysis Application of Bauxite Composition" and Yunnan Aluminum Wenshan's "Green Aluminum Cloud Wisdom Insight: AI-Empowered Decision-Making and Intelligent Control Application in Aluminum Electrolysis"—were successfully selected. These selected AI application cases deeply align with industry needs, address key industry pain points, and demonstrate outstanding practical results, creating replicable, scalable, and highly efficient practical models for empowering high-quality industry development with artificial intelligence.

To implement the work plan of the Party Committee of Chinalco Corporation and in accordance with the "Five Ones" series of activities of the Party Committee of Chinalco International Trading Co., Ltd., Hong Kong International Trading Co., Ltd. recently held a special exchange and discussion meeting entitled "Aluminum Embarks on a New Journey". All employees actively participated and spoke enthusiastically, focusing on the theme of "Making Good Use of Four Methodologies and Striving Forward in the 15th Five-Year Plan", and conducting in-depth discussions on key issues such as Hong Kong International Trading Co., Ltd.'s annual operating goals and high-quality development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The discussions sparked new ideas, gathered the wisdom of all employees, and unified their thinking. Faced with the current complex market situation, everyone agreed that it is essential to vigorously promote the spirit of "gratitude, loyalty, dedication, and responsibility" of Chinalco International Trading, actively respond to the challenges brought about by operational reforms, fully leverage the market advantages of Hong Kong International Trading and the offshore functions of the overseas platform, and through "systematic thinking, systemic operations, institutional and process support, and digital empowerment," cooperate across units and across branches of operations, complement each other's strengths, create synergistic effects, take initiative and make progress, accelerate business model innovation, and strive to build Hong Kong International Trading into a trading window for Chinalco International Trading to the bulk commodity market and a frontier for participating in the global allocation of mineral resources, so as to better serve the development of Chinalco's overseas business.

According to foreign media reports, China's state-owned Chinalco has completed the acquisition of Minera Hampton in a transaction valued at more than US$200 million. Minera Hampton owns the Los Calatos copper-molybdenum project in Peru's Moquegua region, one of the country's most advanced greenfield copper projects and among those closest to entering the construction stage. The transaction has received Phase I merger clearance from Peru's competition authority (INDECOPI).

Chinalco (Xiong’an) Mining, a subsidiary of Aluminum Corporation of China, has agreed to acquire a 95% stake in the Opuwo Cobalt-Copper Project in Namibia from Celsius Resources for US$15 million. The Opuwo Project, located in Namibia’s Kunene Region, hosts a mineral resource estimate of 225.5 million tonnes grading 0.12% cobalt, 0.43% copper and 0.54% zinc. The resource contains approximately 259,000 tonnes of cobalt, 970,000 tonnes of copper and around 1.22 million tonnes of contained zinc, including 45.3 million tonnes in the indicated category and 180.2 million tonnes in the inferred category. Under the agreement, Chinalco (Xiong’an) Mining has also committed to invest at least US$750,000 in exploration activities and US$250,000 in metallurgical test work while regulatory approvals and licence renewals are being completed.

Recently, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association released the evaluation results of high-quality projects in the nonferrous metals industry for 2025. Four projects invested and constructed by Chinalco Group were awarded the title of High-Quality Project in the Nonferrous Metals Industry for 2025, including two projects from Chinalco Limited: the Guangxi Branch Alumina Phase I and II Pipeline Leaching Upgrade Project and the Chinalco Shandong 2023 No. 1 Project. The award-winning projects feature advanced design and excellent construction quality, and are all exemplary projects completed in the nonferrous metals industry in the past two years. The Guangxi Branch Alumina Phase I and II Pipeline Leaching Upgrade Project is a core technological upgrade project for implementing the "dual-carbon" strategy, promoting the iterative upgrading of production processes, and achieving a green, low-carbon, and efficient transformation of production. After its commissioning, the bauxite leaching rate and raw material comprehensive utilization rate have significantly improved, production energy consumption has been greatly reduced, and the stability of the production line operation and the level of intelligent control have been comprehensively improved, achieving multiple goals of quality improvement, efficiency enhancement, and cost reduction.