The top three companies with the highest investment in projects aiming to end poverty are China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd, Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd, and Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc.

"Our products are not on the tariff list of the US, but some customers hesitate in issuing orders to us because they worry about the higher risk of tariffs," said Xiao Dongliang, business manager at Henan Mingtai Aluminium Industrial Company in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province.

To cope with that, Mingtai Aluminium has been optimizing their product structure, promoting productivity and, most importantly, expanding to other overseas markets.

Describing the recent US move to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminium products as a "black day for the world and business," Mackenzie told the forum that "BHP will never seek to hide behind trade barriers to shield ourselves from our lack of competitiveness.

Rio Tinto's metals and materials, including aluminium, copper, diamonds, gold, industrial minerals, iron ore, coal and uranium, essentially make up the world around us.

Our products of iron ore, aluminium, copper, diamonds and industrial materials are widely used in aircraft, cars, smartphones and hospitals, and, of course, throughout our homes.

Indeed, ERG was also involved in the first Belt and Road Initiative project when it helped to set up the Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter JSC, a flagship company dealing in metals.

Alunna, a well-established aluminium extrusion maker based in Unna, Germany, provides high-end extrusion products, mainly seamless tubes, to such world-leading manufacturers as Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

"The transaction would also substantially enhance China Zhongwang's production capability in seamless extruded aluminium tubes in further optimising our product mix.

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said here Monday in an e-mailed statement that it has opened its first office in Shanghai.

He entered the workforce in 1982 at the Northeast Light Alloy Fabrication Plant in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, and was transferred to the Southwestern Aluminium Fabrication Plant in Chongqing in 1999.

During the expo, automaker Volvo signed a memorandum of understanding with Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd to advance the usage of low-carbon aluminum in its supply chain.

For instance, Huayin Aluminium, a major smelter in Baise, has suspended three production lines to ensure sufficient raw materials for consistent production procedures.

Prices of copper, electrolytic aluminium and zinc edged up in March compared with February, while lead fell month-on-month.

Jinan Zhaoyang Aluminium Industry Co Ltd, a company in Jinan, Shandong province, joined the local government's team of competitors for orders in Malaysia and signed a contract for aluminum coils with a foreign importer.

Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation, Hangzhou Haoyue Industrial Co Ltd, Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Corporation, Rayhoo Motor Dies Co Ltd, Elite Color Environmental Resources Science & Technology Co Ltd and Guangdong Tianhe Agricultural Means of Production CO Ltd will be listed on the A-share market, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement.