The 2026 list of Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises has been released recently. Huayou Cobalt is ranked 22nd, climbing 13 places year‑on‑year, further demonstrating the global competitiveness of Chinese lithium‑battery material enterprises. As a leading player in global energy‑materials sector, Huayou Cobalt has been featured on this list for consecutive years. The jump in ranking serves as solid evidence of the Company’s global‑oriented layout, technology‑driven innovation and coordinated development across the full industrial chain. It also reflects high‑level industry recognition for Huayou’s industrial strength, operational quality and sustainable‑development capacity.

In step with the overall industry recovery, Huayou Cobalt delivered sound and improving operating performance. According to its 2026 semi‑annual report, the Company posted operating revenue of RMB 55.568 billion in the first half‑year, up 49.39% year‑on‑year; net profit attributable to parent shareholders stood at RMB 3.507 billion, a year‑on‑year increase of 29.38%; adjusted net profit (net profit excluding non‑recurring gains and losses) reached RMB 3.311 billion, growing 27.97% year‑on‑year; net cash flow generated from operating activities amounted to RMB 2.148 billion, rising by 32.76% compared with the same period last year. Double‑digit growth was achieved in both revenue and net profit, highlighting sustained operational resilience.

Rooted in the real economy, Huayou Cobalt is committed to fostering new quality productive forces. The Company has built a complete new‑energy industrial‑chain ecosystem covering “nickel‑cobalt‑lithium resource development — green refining — lithium‑battery‑material manufacturing — recycling”. Domestically, it has consolidated its R&D and manufacturing foundation with industrial bases in Quzhou, Tongxiang, Guangxi and other locations. Globally, it has built overseas industrial parks and integrated mine‑metallurgy projects in Indonesia, the DRC, Zimbabwe and beyond, strengthening upstream resource security and unlocking key links in the global supply chain to underpin stable supply for the world’s new‑energy industry.

Looking ahead, Huayou Cobalt will keep pursuing its vision of “becoming a globally leading energy‑materials technology enterprise”. It will further strengthen its full‑chain integrated advantages and implement the “Five‑Huayou” strategy: Technology‑driven, Green‑oriented, Open‑minded, Responsible and Aspirational. The Company will continuously enhance core competitiveness and contribute Chinese enterprise strength to the high‑quality development of the global new‑energy industry.

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