- CEO
- Bo Zhang
- Full Time Employees
- 51,234
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Aluminum
- Address
- Huixian One Road Zouping SD China 256200
- IPO Date
- Mar 24, 2011
- Business
- China Hongqiao Group Limited China Hongqiao Group Limited (1378.HK), founded in 1994 and headquartered in Zouping, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, with operations spanning China, Indonesia, India, Europe, Malaysia, North America and other Southeast Asian regions, stands as one of the world's largest producers of primary aluminum; the company manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of aluminum products including molten aluminum alloys, aluminum alloy ingots, aluminum busbars, aluminum alloy processing products and fabrication items such as sheets, strips and foils, alongside alumina products; it maintains vertical integration through bauxite mining and research, alumina refining, thermoelectric power generation including coal-fired and hydropower plants, port operations, railway design and construction, and trading in carbons, iron ores and light alloy materials, while also providing financial leasing and business advisory services. The Group operates major manufacturing bases in Zouping, Weiqiao and Binzhou in China, with additional alumina refining capacity through its majority stake in PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery in Indonesia and participation in bauxite mining via the SMB–Winning Consortium in Guinea. In recent developments, Hontron Holding, an indirect subsidiary listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, entered a supplemental agreement on May 22, 2025, to acquire 100% equity in Shandong Hongtuo Industrial Company Limited through issuance of approximately 11.89 billion new shares valued at RMB63.52 billion based on appraised value as of December 31, 2024, enhancing asset securitization, management efficiency and positioning Hontron as a leading aluminum industry player; the company boosted a share sale to HK$11.7 billion (about US$1.5 billion) in November 2025 amid a metal price rally; it issued US$300 million 1.50% convertible bonds due 2030 in March-April 2025 alongside share repurchases and cancellations totaling 187 million shares in the first half of 2025; sustainability efforts include relocating smelting capacity to hydropower-rich Yunnan Province since 2020 for over 30% renewable electricity, targeting carbon peak before 2025 and net-zero emissions before 2055, joining the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative in 2021, achieving ASI certification for downstream plants in 2022, and forming a joint venture with Scholz Recycling for secondary aluminum processing.