China names new president of miner CNMC

China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining

27/08/2019 09:44

BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - 
    * China's state assets regulator said on Tuesday it had
nominated
Dong Changqing as the new president of China Nonferrous Metal
Mining Group (CNMC)
    * Dong, who was born in August 1962, was already a director
of the
company and used to serve as chairman of its trade union
    * Wang Tongzhou, who was previously both president and
chairman,
will no longer serve as CNMC president, according to a brief
statement from China's State-Owned Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission (Sasac).
    * CNMC's website lists Wang, who did not immediately answer
phone
calls seeking comment, as chairman and already lists Dong as
president
    * Beijing-based CNMC has copper assets in Zambia and the
Democratic Republic of Congo, and also controls Hubei copper
producer China Daye Nonferrous Metal Mining  0661.HK .


 (Reporting by Tom Daly; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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