A spokesman for China Minmetals Corp. said on October 21 that he was not aware of any talks regarding the acquisition of Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corporation Ltd. Bloomberg had earlier quoted the President of Minmetals Corp, Zhou Zhongshu as saying that talks were going on between the two companies. "We are in discussions,” refusing to give a timetable or a reason for the acquisition. Minmetals spokesman He Jingling said: "I've never heard of this news." Officials at Hunan Nonferrous were not immediately available to comment. Minmetals' spokesman He said the company had not yet taken any stake in Hunan Nonferrous.

Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corporation Limited expected to Report Fiscal Year 2009 Results on April 6, 2010. This event was calculated by Capital IQ (Created on September 8, 2009).

Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corporation Limited reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the six months ended June 30, 2009. For the period, the company has reported loss before tax of RMB 221,695,000, loss of RMB 204,196,000 and loss attributable to equity holders of the company of RMB 212,363,000 or 5.79 cents per basic share on revenue of RMB 6,200,976,000 compared to profit before tax of RMB 279,494,000, profit of RMB 190,508,000 and profit attributable to equity holders of the company of RMB 74,168,000 or 2.02 cents per basic share on revenue of RMB 8,864,865,000 for the same period last year. The turnover has decreased by RMB 2,664 million or 30.0% due to the decreased turnover before sales tax and surcharge from the nonferrous metals mining segment of RMB 427 million or 39.6%.