- CEO
- Lin Hongfu
- Full Time Employees
- 66,708
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Precious metals
- Address
- Zijin Tower, Zijin Road Longyan FU China 364200
- IPO Date
- Dec 23, 2003
- Business
- Zijin Mining Group Company Limited (601899.SS; 2899.HK), founded in 1986 and headquartered in Longyan, Fujian Province, China, operates as a leading global mining company engaged in the exploration, mining, processing, smelting, refining, and sale of gold, copper, zinc, lithium, silver, molybdenum, lead, iron ore, cobalt, tungsten, and other non-ferrous and precious metals; its core products include gold bullion and concentrates under the Zijin brand, copper cathodes and concentrates, zinc and lead bullion, lithium products for battery materials, silver doré, molybdenum concentrates, iron ore concentrate, cobalt and nickel intermediates, tungsten products, sulphuric acid, as well as specialty items such as tin, coal, platinum, palladium, and rare earth elements, serving electronics, jewelry, investment, construction, renewable energy, electric vehicle, energy storage, industrial, and high-tech manufacturing sectors worldwide. The company maintains a diversified portfolio of over 30 large-scale mining operations and projects across 19 countries on five continents, including key assets in China, Australia, Serbia, Russia, Peru, Colombia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with subsidiaries such as Zijin Gold International handling overseas gold assets; it also provides metallurgical engineering technology research, mine geological services, import-export trading, jewelry and jade products, and environmental protection solutions. Recent developments encompass the 2025 acquisition of the Raygorodok (RG) Gold Mine in Kazakhstan for US$1.2 billion via Zijin Gold International, adding a ninth gold mine with over 100 tonnes of reserves and annual output of approximately 6 tonnes to bolster Central Asian operations and support a 100-110 tonne mined gold target by 2028; the completion of the Akyem Gold Mine acquisition in Ghana, its second major gold deal of the year; the takeover of a controlling interest in A-share listed Zangge Mining with subsequent governance reforms; release of the 2024 Annual and Sustainability Reports highlighting robust H1 2025 results with net profit surging 54% amid higher production and efficiency gains; and strategic expansions in high-grade gold and critical minerals through pit optimizations and the Five-Pronged Mining Engineering Model.