Chengde Xin, Chairman of China Minmetals, met with J. P. Gutierrez, CEO of Rio Tinto Group.

People's Finance News March 19 - China Minmetals Chairman Chen De Xin met with Jakob Stausholm, CEO of Rio Tinto Group, on March 18. Chen said that this year marks the 52nd anniversary of China Minmetals' cooperation with Rio Tinto Group. Over the past 50 years, the two sides have always adhered to the principle of mutual benefit and win-win, and have conducted in-depth cooperation in iron ore trade, mineral processing and blending, resource exploration and engineering construction in multiple fields, with remarkable development and improvement in cooperation scale and level. Looking to the future, we hope that both sides will strengthen communication and coordination, establish regular communication mechanisms, and fully play their respective advantages to continuously deepen all-round and systematic cooperation. Jakob Stausholm said that the business development of Rio Tinto Group and China Minmetals is highly complementary and their development strategies are highly compatible, and they have maintained a deep and friendly cooperation. At present, Rio Tinto Group has formulated and is committed to achieving the four strategic goals of "becoming the best operator, achieving excellent ESG performance, achieving outstanding development, and strengthening social license", and hopes to further strengthen comprehensive cooperation with China Minmetals and achieve win-win development by playing their respective advantages and expanding synergies.