PDF《2015 INTERIM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT》

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6 The board of directors (the Board ) of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited* (the Company ) announces the unaudited interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries (together, the Group ) for the six months ended June 30, 2015. On behalf of the Board and all of its employees, the Board would like to express its gratitude to all shareholders for their attention and support to the Company. MARKET REVIEW ALUMINA MARKET In the first half of 2015, the global output of alumina continued to increase while the growth for production capacity slowed down. According to the statistics, the production and consumption of alumina were approximately 58.80 million tonnes and 57.00 million tonnes, respectively. China'

s output and consumption of alumina were approximately 28.20 million tonnes and 29.77 million tonnes, respectively. Imported alumina was approximately 1.81 million tonnes, representing a period-on-period decrease of 34.40%. As of the end of June, the global capacity utilization rate of alumina was approximately 82.00%, while the domestic capacity utilization rate of alumina was approximately 85.45%. In the first half of 2015, the price of alumina had been showing a unilateral downward trend at home and abroad since the beginning of the year, given the depressed price of aluminium. The highest international FOB spot price of alumina recorded was USD354 per tonne and the lowest price recorded was USD320 per tonne, with an average price of USD340 per tonne, representing a period-on-period increase of 5.59%. In the domestic market, the highest and lowest spot prices of alumina recorded were RMB2,800 per tonne and RMB2,300 per tonne, respectively, with an average price of RMB2,577 per tonne, representing a period-on- period increase of 5.66% PRIMARY ALUMINUM MARKET In the first half of 2015, the global output of primary aluminum continued to grow and the increase in the output of China'

s primary aluminum was still higher than that of the international market. According to the statistics, the global output and consumption of primary aluminum were approximately 28.14 million tonnes and 27.83 million tonnes respectively, while those in China were approximately 15.43 million tonnes and 14.72 million tonnes respectively. As at the end of June, the global capacity utilization rate of primary aluminum was approximately 78.60%, while that of China was approximately 82.29%.