The general manager of State-owned metals group Chinalco is calling on China to rein in "blind expansion" of copper smelting capacity as the country’s lawmakers gather in Beijing to decide policy objectives and economic targets for the year.
Yu Dehui, also a delegate at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is submitting a proposal at this year’s Two Sessions that will also urge an acceleration of supply-side reform in the sector, a publication run by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said on Thursday.