Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
Native name
 中国铝业股份
Public
Traded as SEHK: 2600
NYSE: ACH
Industry Metals
Founded 2001 (2001)
(Beijing, China)
Headquarters Beijing, China
Key people
 Ge Honglin (Chairman of the Board)
Products Aluminum and copper products[1]
Revenue RMB 71.1 billion (2013)
Owner State Council of the People's Republic of China
Number of employees
 103,493 (2013)
Website www.chalco.com.cn www.chinalco.com

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (known as Chalco; parent group Aluminum Corporation of China is known as Chinalco) (SEHK: 2600, NYSE: ACH, SSE: 601600), is a state-owned,[2] multinational aluminium company headquartered in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is the world's second-largest alumina producer (and the only producer in China) and third-largest primary aluminium producer (and the largest producer in China).[3] Chinalco is principally engaged in the extraction of aluminium oxide, electrolyzation of virgin aluminium and the processing and production of aluminium as well as traded trading and engineering and technical services.

Its primary listing is on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the SSE 50 index. It has secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

Organization

The company has a number of distinct business segments including (1) alumina refining, (2) primary aluminum smelting, and (3) energy.[4] The alumina refining segment consists of mining and purchasing bauxite, refining bauxite into alumina, and production and sales of alumina chemicals and metal gallium.[4] The aluminum smelting segment smelts alumina to produce primary aluminum and also produces carbon products, aluminum alloy products, and other aluminum products.[4] Finally the energy segment produces coal, generates electricity from coal, develops wind and solar power, manufactures new energy equipment, and integrates coal electricity generation with aluminum operations.[4]

Until 2013, it was also engaged in aluminum fabrication but has since sold this business line.

History

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) is a state-backed holding company established to be the primary aluminium producer in the People's Republic of China in 2001.[5] It is the parent company of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) which is listed on the New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges.[5]

With effect from 10 June 2008, Chalco was added to the Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock (blue chip).[6]

Chinalco is investing $3 billion to begin open-cast mining operations, within three to four years, in Morococha District, Peru. The company plans to extract copper ore from Mount Toromocho.[7]

Chinalco holds a 9% stake in the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto.[8] Rio Tinto controls large Iron ore reserves in Australia. On June 5, Rio Tinto broke a deal for Chinalco to purchase a larger stake in the company, with support by rival Anglo-Australian mining company BHP Billiton. Rio Tinto is expected to pay a US$195 million breaking fee according to the contract signed earlier by the two parties.[9]

In 2010, Chinalco reported a net profit of ¥778.01 million, a dramatic rise when compared with the company's ¥4.62 billion profit losses from the previous year. The company credits increased prices and effective cost control strategies with the financial turnaround.[10]

During July 2011, Chinalco signed a long-term agreement with Mongolian miner Tavan Tolgoi to import more than 15 million tons of coking coal annually to meet increased domestic demand.[11]

Operations

Engineering and technical services

A subsidiary is China Aluminum International Engineering (Chalieco) which consists of businesses in engineering design and consultancy, engineering and construction contracting and equipment manufacturing. As a contractor it is the 124th largest construction firm in the world as ranked by Engineering News-Record in 2013.[12] Chalieco was publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2012.

Aluminum fabrication

Through its aluminum fabrication unit, which was sold in 2013, Chinalco sold casting products, slab band products, foils, squeezing products, forging products, powder products, die-casting products, remelted aluminum ingots, and gallium metal and gallium oxide. These products are used in construction, electricity, packaging, transportation, nondurable consumer goods, hard board material, wire and cable, ceramics, refractory material, laundry, petrochemical, and aerospace industries.

Peru

As of 2013, Morococha was the site of a planned open pit copper mine to be operated by Aluminum Corporation of China Limited. A new town for the 5,000 residents of Morococha has been built about 6 miles away, but some residents were reported to be resisting location. The mine is projected to produce about 250,000 tons of copper a year for about 35 years.[13]

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