1950 in April, according to the central decision, China Mining Company (one of the predecessors of Minmetals Group) was established.

1952 September, China Wujinjiaodian Import Company (another predecessor of Minmetals Group) was established to undertake the import and export business of steel, nonferrous metals, electrical and telecommunications equipment and other commodities.

1952 1 1 Zhou Huamin was appointed as the general manager of China Hardware and Electrician Import Company.

1July, 955, China Hardware and Electrician Import Company was renamed as China Hardware Import Company.

1960 12. China Mining Company merged with China Hardware Import Company and changed its name to China Hardware and Mineral Import and Export Company.

1August, 965, the company was renamed as China Hardware and Mineral Import and Export Corporation.

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main business

Ferrous metal industry

China Minmetals is the largest comprehensive supplier of raw materials for metallurgical industry in China and the largest steel trading enterprise in China, forming an integrated industrial layout in the ferrous metal industry. The company reserves 600 million tons of iron ore and 250 million tons of coking coal. The export volume of products such as coke, coal, ferroalloy and refractory materials and the import volume of iron ore, scrapped ships, scrap steel and billet all rank among the top in China, with an annual sales of 20 million tons of steel.

Nonferrous metal industry

China Minmetals is one of the most powerful nonferrous metal resource-based enterprises in China at present, and its products involve copper, aluminum, tungsten, antimony, tin, rare earth, tantalum, niobium and other metals.

financial service industry

China Minmetals' financial business takes the group company as the platform, actively exerts the internal synergy effect, and provides comprehensive financial services including internal settlement, bills, entrusted loans, leasing, securities, futures and insurance.

realty business

China Minmetals has vigorously developed its real estate business, based on residential development and industrial real estate, and actively set foot in commercial real estate, construction and installation, and mine construction, forming a unique competitive advantage in the industry.

logistics industry

After years of practice and accumulation, China Minmetals has developed into a professional third-party integrated logistics service provider based on group companies and serving the society.

Overseas enterprise

China Minmetals' strong business advantage benefits from its perfect global marketing network. The group company has set up 44 overseas enterprises in Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Australia, the United States, Brazil, South Africa and other countries and regions. In Hongkong, China Minmetals holds two red-chip listed companies, Minmetals Resources and Minmetals Construction.

China Minmetals overseas enterprises give full play to their own advantages, actively extend to both ends of the industrial chain, accelerate the pace of overseas resource development, invest in superior production and processing enterprises, and achieve rapid growth in scale and profits.

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