10th World Aluminum Raw Materials Summit--Asian Metal

End of Summit

The 10th Aluminum Raw Materials Summit hosted by Asian Metal came to a satisfactory close in Zhengzhou, Henna on the afternoon of 17 May 2019. The 2019 Summit mainly focused on aluminum raw materials including bauxite, alumina, primary aluminum, carbon, and aluminum fluoride. Attendance was estimated to be around 200 people from over 20 countries including Guinea, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Singapore, France and so on.

The 2019 Summit was jointly sponsored by Winning International Group, Zibo Rundi Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., Metro Mining Limited, Vermeer Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd., Topsun International Industrial Limited, and AVIC International Mineral Resources Co., Ltd.

Mr. Ron Knapp, the Secretary General of International Aluminium Institute, gave a wonderful opening speech and a report about the global alumina market; Zhijun Sun, Vice President of Winning International Group introduced the advantages of SMB-Winning Consortium's solution of bauxite supply; Kai Jia, General Manager of Zibo Rundi Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., provided an update on Guinean Kimbo Bauxite Project which is scheduled to commence production this June; Yafei Gao, Mining Application Engineer of Vermeer Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd., showed us the high performance of Vermeer Surface Miners; Simon Finnis, CEO of Metro Mining Limited, gave an update on the company's Australian Bauxite Hills Mine; Mohamed Lamine SY SAVANE, General Manager of Center of Promotion and Mining Development Guinea, delivered a wonderful speech on Guinea's bauxite mining policy and the present status of bauxite mining and export from the country.

Xiying Dai, Chief Analyst of Nonferrous Metals, China Economic Information Agency, introduced the development of primary aluminum industry in Yunnan; Dongcan Ma, Technical Manager of Kaiman Aluminum (Sanmenxia) Co., Ltd., talked about the effective application of imported bauxite in China; Zhihui Shang, Mining Management Director of Southwest Energy & Mineral Inc., gave a report on the mining of bauxite in Wuzhengdao District of Guizhou.

Shuaihua Li, Chief Analyst of Caitong Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., made an analysis on the development of primary aluminum industry in China; Shaomao Zhang, General Manager of Xinjiang Shenhuo Carbon Co., Ltd., introduced the current supply and demand of prebaked anode in Xinjiang; Akshay Malhotra, Marketing Manager of Tata International Limited., gave a detailed report on the demand for aluminum fluoride in India.

Asian Metal is dedicated to creating an international platform for aluminum raw materials and aims to hold more special summits in the future.

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Zhijun Sun, Vice President of Winning International Group
SMB-Winning Consortium mined and exported more than 40 million tonnes of bauxite in 2018. In recent years, thanks to SMB-Winning Consortium, Guinea's bauxite mining sector has entered a fast-growing fast lane, and its bauxite production has increased from 20 million tonnes to 60 million tonnes in just a few years. In 2018, Guinea produced 60 million tonnes of bauxite, becoming the world's third largest bauxite producing country, behind Australia and China.

Ron Knapp, Secretary General of International Aluminium Institute

Kai Jia, General Manager of Zibo Rundi Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd.
Kimbo & Co. Port started construction on 22nd March and will commence operation in June Exploration plan for Kimbo:
2019: Annual output of 5 million tonnes of bauxite
2020: Annual output of 10 million tonnes of bauxite
2021: Annual output of 15 million tonnes of bauxite

Yafei Gao, Mining Application Engineer, Vermeer Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
We have 8 units working in Boke, Guinea, with average efficiency (mining hour/engine hour) higher than 85%.
V1 and V2 arrived at site in October 2016 and have worked over 31 months. The 20,000 engine hours/unit average asset utilization is higher than 90%.
Till April 2019, the first five units arrived accumulated over 64,000 engine hours, mines around 29 million tonnes of bauxite ore, with average asset of utilization of higher than 90%.

Dong Han, Vice General Manager of Topsun International Industrial Limited
We are sole agency to sell Montenegro and Jamaica origin bauxite.
We have imported Montenegro bauxite for two years and were appointed as the sole agency by Uniprom Metali in March 2019.
We set up a representative office in Montenegro and have professional personnel and vehicle detection equipment to track and detect various indicators of ore at the port at any time.
New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited, a subsidiary of Noranda Bauxite & Alumina, singed a 25-year mining agreement of 6.1 million tonnes per year with Jamaican government, and renewal of contract will be available after expiration.
The company signed an exclusive agency agreement with Henglang Co., Ltd., a subsidy of Topsun International Industrial Limited, in October 2018;
Jamaican bauxite of one Capesize vessel (170kt) is delivered to China's port every month from January 2019.

Simon Finnis, CEO of Metro Mining Limited
2018 Bauxite Production of 2.04M Wet Metric Tonnes (WMT) – Guidance met
Expansion for 2019 complete – 2019 Production Guidance of 3.5M WMT
Mining and Shipping has recommenced for 2019
Stage 2 Definitive Feasibility being refreshed – 6.0M WMT pa Production Target for 2021

Xiying Dai, Chief Analyst of Nonferrous Metals, China Economic Information Agency

Akshay Malhotra, Marketing Manager of Tata International Limited

Dongcan Ma, Technical Manager of Kaiman Aluminum (Sanmenxia) Co., Ltd.

Zhihui Shang, Mining Management Director of Southwest Energy & Mineral Inc.

Shaomao Zhang, General Manager of Xinjiang Shenhuo Carbon Co., Ltd.

Shuaihua Li, Chief Analyst of Caitong Securities Holdings Co., Ltd.

Mohamed Lamine SY SAVANE, General Manager of Center of Promotion and Mining Development Guinea

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