Huaxi Nonferrous Metals Plans Change of Control; Trading Suspended Next Monday

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Control of Guangxi state-owned Huaxi Nonferrous Metals may change. On the evening of September 11, Huaxi Nonferrous Metals announced that it had received a notice from the Guangxi State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, forwarded by its indirect controlling shareholder Guangxi Key Metals Industry Development Group, stating that it is currently planning a major cooperation matter with China Minmetals Corporation, which may lead to a change in the company's control. Given the uncertainty of the matter and to avoid abnormal share price movements, trading in the company's shares will be suspended from the market open on the morning of September 14, 2026, next Monday, with the suspension expected to last no more than two trading days. Public information shows that Guangxi Key Metals Group was established in January 2026 as a strategic platform for Guangxi state-owned assets to consolidate key metal resources such as tin, antimony, and indium in the region, and is the indirect controlling shareholder of Huaxi Nonferrous Metals. On June 25 this year, Wei Tao, chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, met in Nanning with Zhu Kebing, general manager of China Minmetals, and expressed hope that China Minmetals would continue to increase its investment in Guangxi, accelerate the implementation of cooperation projects, and jointly build a national-level key metals industry platform. In the first half of this year, benefiting from rising prices of tin, indium, and other metals, Huaxi Nonferrous Metals achieved operating revenue of 3.039 billion yuan, up 9.03 percent year on year, and net profit of 534 million yuan, up 39.81 percent year on year.

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China Minmetals cooperation may lead to a change of control of its subsidiary Huaxi Nonferrous Metals, a strategic M&A event for the Guangxi state-owned platform

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