REUTERS: Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (Chalco) has appointed Liu Jianping as its first permanent chairman in more than a year. Liu, 53, a deputy general manager at parent firm Chinalco, was unanimously elected at a Chalco board meeting. Former chairman Lu Dongliang left in May 2020. Non-executive director Ao Hong had been serving as acting chairman but resigned this month after reaching the statutory retirement age. Liu, who is also Chinalco's head of security and chairman of its subsidiary China Copper, has held various positions at Chinalco and previously worked for China's National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.