The United States government (USG) has made the erroneous decision to place Xinjiang Habahe Ashele Copper Co., Ltd. on a list of companies accused of improper labor practices. This determination is unfounded in facts and contrary to our strict practices. While the USG claims to have “reasonable cause” to believe accusations leveled by third-parties; regrettably, the USG failed to contact our compa...

Zijin Mining is aware of erroneous allegations leveled by the U.S. government (USG) against Xinjiang Habahe Ashele Copper Co., Ltd. (Ashele Copper), a partially owned subsidiary of our company, pertaining to Ashele Copper’s labor practices, claiming to have “reasonable cause” to believe accusations leveled by third-parties. We have been advised that at no time did the USG contact Ashele Copper to ...