Chinese state-owned company Aluminum Corporation of
China (
Chinalco) has announced that it held a ceremony on February 23 to mark the arrival of the first ship carrying
iron ore imported from Australian miner
Rio Tinto at the port of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province.
Peter Taylor,
Rio Tinto's general marketing manager for
China, stated that the arrival of the first shipment represented the start of cooperation between both parties, a view echoed by
Chinalco spokesman Yuan Li.