6-kAnnouncement

1934 ACT FILE NO. 001-15264


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
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Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of April 2008.
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Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
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No. 62 North Xizhimen Street
Haidian District, Beijing
People's Republic of China 100082

(Address of principal executive offices)
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         [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]

Form 20-F      X       Form 40-F               

         [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.]

Yes                No      X      

         [If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-              ]


SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Aluminum Corporation of China Limited                         (Registrant)

 

Date  April 29, 2008       

 

By                 /s/    Liu Qiang                     
Name: Liu Qiang
Title: Company Secretary



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Aluminum Corporation of China Limited*
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 2600)

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

Listing of Tradable A Shares Subject to Trading Moratorium

 

The Company and the board of directors of the Company hereby confirm the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents of this announcement and jointly and severally accept full responsibility for any false representation, misleading information or material omission contained herein.

 

Important Notice:

 

*

Number of tradable shares to be listed subject to trading moratorium: 2,500,684,890

 

 

*

Listing date for the tradable shares subject to trading moratorium: 6 May 2008

 

 

I.

Source of the shares subject to trading moratorium to be listed

 

 

 

Pursuant to the approval of China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Company has issued Renminbi-denominated ordinary domestic shares ("A Shares") in the PRC by way of share exchange merger of Lanzhou Aluminum Co., Ltd. ("Lanzhou Aluminum") and Shandong Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., respectively, ("Initial Public Offering"). Such A Shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 30 April 2007. Following completion of the Initial Public Offering, the Company's total share capital of A Shares comprised 8,942,641,924 shares, including 1,148,077,357 tradable A Shares not subject to trading moratorium and 7,794,564,567 tradable A Shares subject to trading moratorium.

 

 

 

Among the tradable A Shares subject to trading moratorium, 5,293,879,677 A Shares were subject to a lock-up period of 36 months and 2,500,684,890 A Shares were subject to a lock-up period of 12 months, both commenced from the listing date of the Company's A Shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. All these A Shares will be available for trading on the market effective Tuesday, 6 May 2008.

 

 

II.

Lock-up of and changes in the Shareholding of the A Shares subject to trading moratorium

 

 

 

On 28 December 2007, the Company issued 637,880,000 new A Shares for the purpose of the merger with Baotou Aluminum Co., Ltd. by way of share exchange. Among such A Shares, 282,542,632 tradable A Shares were not subject to trading moratorium and an additional 355,337,368 A Shares were subject to trading moratorium with a lock-up period of 36 months starting from the date that the Company's newly issued A Shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Currently, the Company has an aggregate amount of 9,580,521,924 A Shares, including 1,430,619,989 A Shares not subject to trading moratorium and 8,149,901,935 A Shares subject to trading moratorium.

 

 

 

Having made all reasonable enquires, there has been no transfer or change in the shareholding in relation to the abovementioned A Shares which are subject to trading moratorium.

 

 

III.

Listing arrangement for the A Shares subject to trading moratorium

 

 

 

1.

Number of the tradable A Shares to be listed subject to trading moratorium: 2,500,684,890

 

 

 

 

2.

Listing date of the tradable A Shares subject to trading moratorium: 6 May 2008

 

 

 

 

3.

Listing details of the tradable A Shares subject to trading moratorium:

 

 

 

 

 

Unit: share

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of A Shares

 

Number of remaining

 

 

Name of the holder of A Shares

subject to

Number of A Shares

A Shares subject to

 

 

subject to trading moratorium

trading moratorium

to be listed

trading moratorium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Shares to be listed on 6 May 2008

2,500,684,890

2,500,684,890

0

 

 

China Cinda Assets Management Corporation

900,559,074

900,559,074

0

 

 

China Construction Bank Corporation

709,773,136

709,773,136

0

 

 

China Development Bank

554,940,780

554,940,780

0

 

 

Guizhou Provincial Materials Development

 

 

 

 

 

   and Investment Corporation

129,430,000

129,430,000

0

 

 

Lanzhou Economic Information

 

 

 

 

 

   Consultants Inc.

9,181,900

9,181,900

0

 

 

Guangxi Investment Group Co., Ltd.

196,800,000

196,800,000

0

 

 

A Shares to be listed on 30 April 2010

5,293,879,677

 

5,293,879,677

 

 

Lanzhou Aluminum Factory

79,472,482

 

79,472,482

 

 

China Aluminum Corporation

5,214,407,195

 

5,214,407,195

 

 

A Shares to be listed on 4 January 2011

355,337,368

 

355,337,368

 

 

Baotou Aluminum (Group) Company Limited

351,217,795

 

351,217,795

 

 

Guiyang Aluminum and Magnesium

 

 

 

 

 

   Research and Design Institute

4,119,573

 

4,119,573

 

 

Total tradable A Shares subject to

 

 

 

 

 

   trading moratorium

8,149,901,935

2,500,684,890

5,649,217,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV.

Change in Shareholding

 

 

 

Upon the completion of the listing of the tradable A Shares subject to trading moratorium, the shareholding structure of the Company will be changed as follows:

 

 

 

Unit: share

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before

 

After

 

 

 

 

the listing

Change

the listing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tradable A Shares

1.

State-owned shares

6,866,707,049

-1,652,299,854

5,214,407,195

 

   subject to

2.

A Shares held by state-owned

1,283,194,886

-848,385,036

434,809,850

 

   trading moratorium

 

    legal persons

 

 

 

 

 

3.

A Shares held by other

 

 

 

 

 

 

    domestic legal persons

 

 

 

 

 

4.

A Shares held by domestic

 

 

 

 

 

 

    natural persons

 

 

 

 

 

5.

A Shares held by overseas

 

 

 

 

 

 

    legal persons and

 

 

 

 

 

 

    natural persons

 

 

 

 

 

6.

A Shares placed to

 

 

 

 

 

 

    strategic investors

 

 

 

 

 

7.

A Shares placed to common

 

 

 

 

 

 

    legal persons

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Others

 

 

 

 

 

Total tradable shares subject to

8,149,901,935

-2,500,684,890

5,649,217,045

   

    trading moratorium

     
 

Tradable shares not

A Shares

1,430,619,989

2,500,684,890

3,931,304,879

 

    subject to

B Shares

     
 

    trading moratorium

H Shares

3,943,965,968

0

3,943,965,968

   

Others

     
   

Total tradable shares not subject to

5,374,585,957

2,500,684,890

7,875,270,847

   

   trading moratorium

     
           
 

Total shares

 

13,524,487,892

 

13,524,487,892

           

 

The Board of Directors

 

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

 

29 April 2008

   

As at the date of this announcement, the members of the board of directors of the Company comprise Mr. Xiao Yaqing, Mr. Luo Jianchuan., Mr. Chen Jihua and Mr. Liu Xiangmin (Executive Directors); Mr. Shi Chungui (Non-executive Director); Mr. Poon Yiu Kin, Samuel, Mr. Kang Yi and Mr. Zhang Zhuoyuan (Independent Non-executive Directors).

 

* For identification purpose only.

 

About the Company

Our contact information of this release is:

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Business address: No.62 North Xizhimen Street, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 100082

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Telephone number: (86-10) 8229 8103

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Website: http://www.chinalco.com.cn

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Contact person: Liu Qiang, Company Secretary