Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Company Limited is a Chinese mining and metallurgy group headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
It carries out integrated mining, beneficiation, smelting and trading of non-ferrous metals—chiefly zinc and lead—with by-products such as copper, silver, indium and sulfuric acid.
History
Zhongjin Lingnan was founded in 1984 during China’s non-ferrous sector restructuring and initially operated under the China National Non-ferrous Metals Industry Corp. Zhongjin acquired the remaining shares in December 2013, gaining full ownership. • Canada – Guangdong government reports list Zhongjin Lingnan among provincial mining firms entering Canadian exploration joint ventures in 2013. Industry coordination In November 2015 Zhongjin Lingnan joined nine other major Chinese zinc smelters in pledging to cut refined-zinc output by 500,000 t in 2016. == Operations ==
Operations
• Mining and smelting – Core assets include the Shaoguan lead-zinc smelter in Guangdong and, via Perilya, the Broken Hill South and Potosi mines in New South Wales. • International assets – Perilya also controls base-metal mines in the Dominican Republic and holds earlier-stage zinc-lead projects in Canada. • Real-estate and logistics – The group retains small property-development and logistics businesses inherited from earlier diversification. In 2023 the company’s mines produced about 1.05 million t of zinc-lead concentrate, while its smelters produced roughly 92,000 t of refined zinc. == References ==