Type: Public
On the web: http://www.chalco.com.cn/zl/web/chinalco_en_show.jsp?ColumnID=122
Employees: 108,256
Employee growth: (0.2%)

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chinalco) has masterminded its way into mixing alumina and aluminum. Chinalco is the only Chinese maker of alumina, which is refined from bauxite and is the key material in producing aluminum. The company produces about 10 million tons of alumina products (including alumina, alumina hydrate, and alumina chemicals), which makes it the largest alumina producer in China and the second-largest maker of alumina in the world. Chinalco also produces more than 3 million tons of primary aluminum annually and 800,000 tons of fabricated aluminum products. The company is also looking to develop rare earth metals as well as copper and other non-ferrous metals.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $18,294.4M
One year growth: 78.0%
Net income: $117.6M

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Xiong Weiping
President and Director: Luo Jianchuan
Deputy Head Finance: Zhang Zhankui

Competitors:
Alcoa
Alumina
Rio Tinto Alcan

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