Aluminum Corporation Of China Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2012. Based on the preliminary calculations of the finance department of the company, the net profit attributable to the equity holders of the company will post dramatic loss for the year 2012. Major reasons for the estimated loss for the period: as the downturn of the aluminum market continued, the prices of aluminum decreased by 7% as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year.

The grades of the domestic bauxite declined and the restriction on the bauxite export imposed by the Indonesian government lowered the company's production of alumina by approximately 1.7 million tonnes, resulting in an approximately 4% increase in the cost of alumina over the corresponding period of the preceding year.