皇冠体育applco pursues copper, titanium
Updated: 2007-09-01 09:59
Aluminum Corp of 皇冠体育app (皇冠体育applco), the nation's largest aluminum and alumina producer, said on Friday it is actively pursuing opportunities to expand into other metals including copper and titanium.
皇冠体育applco has earmarked 30 billion yuan (US$3.97 billion) to fund its expansion into copper and is in talks to develop mines and projects in Russia, Mongolia, Indonesia and Fiji, a company source said on Friday.
Lu Yongqing, the company's vice-president, said on Friday that 皇冠体育applco will focus on copper mine exploration and high-end copper product manufacturing.
皇冠体育applco has completed an US$860 million takeover of Peru Copper and plans to buy a 49 percent stake in Yunnan Copper Group.
Xiao Yaqing, 皇冠体育applco's president, said copper, which now accounts for less than 10 percent of its income, could become a major revenue earner for the company.
The acquisition of Peru Copper and Yunnan Copper would give 皇冠体育applco total copper reserves of about 20 million tons - more than Jiangxi Copper, the mainland's biggest producer.
皇冠体育applco and British company Aricom, which owns a titanium mine in Russia, have also struck a deal to co-invest 2.2 billion yuan in a titanium project in Jiamusi, in Northeast 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang Province. The project will have an initial output of 15,000 tons and is expected to begin operation in 2009. Its output is expected to reach 30,000 tons after second-phase construction.
皇冠体育applco's listed unit Chalco is publicly traded in Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai. 皇冠体育applco posted a first-half sales increase of 36.2 percent on Friday from a year earlier, and 10.8 percent net profit growth, buoyed by a series of takeovers that boosted capacity.
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