[2] Established in 1983, it is a large central enterprise managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

[2] It invests in copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, tantalum, niobium, and beryllium.

In 2005, with the approval of the state-owned assets supervision, the company changed their name to China Nonferrous Metal Mining.

[6] Its president is Mr Luo Tao; its vice-presidents are Qiao Zou and Jiang Hao.

[5] In 2013, the company signed a deal worth US$712 million to construct a steel factory in Iran, thereby defying the sanctions imposed on Tehran by the US and European Union at that time.