On May 10, the 2026 China Brand Value Evaluation Report was officially released in Deqing, Zhejiang. Hosted by the China Council for Brand Development and the Brand Office of Xinhua News Agency, and organized by China Brand magazine, the event saw Huayou Cobalt secure an outstanding brand value of 19.478 billion yuan and a brand strength index of 861, ranking 26th in the energy and chemical industry list—an upgrade of 2 places from last year. Its rising brand value underscores its status as an industry benchmark.

“Honk—” A ship’s whistle blares as trucks loaded with lithium sulfate slowly roll out of the factory. This marks the first batch of lithium salt products delivered from Huayou’s Zimbabwe base. On April 25 (local time), the Zimbabwe Lithium Sulfate Project held a ceremony for its first product shipment. This milestone signals the project’s full transition from construction and commissioning to stable production. Huayou has become the first Chinese enterprise to achieve localized lithium sulfate production in Zimbabwe, a landmark achievement for Huayou’s overseas mining-metallurgy integration strategy.

On March 26, Huayou Cobalt, together with a major partner bank's financial leasing subsidiary and the Lingang New Area Management Committee of Shanghai, successfully launched the nation's first-ever benchmark project under the new cross-border finance lease pilot policy — an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) cross-border finance lease for nickel smelting production line equipment. The signed project has a scale of nearly 1.5 billion RMB, with the first phase precisely deployed at 370 million RMB. This not only set a new milestone in Huayou Cobalt's cross-border investment and financing innovation but also achieved a breakthrough and pioneering leap in the company's structured financing model. The entire business adopts RMB-denominated closed-loop settlement, which fundamentally mitigates cross-border operational exchange rate fluctuation risks, and, by leveraging the real industrial chain scenario, stands as a benchmark innovation demonstration case for advancing the internationalization of the RMB.

On March 18, the "Tide Above · 2026 Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Theme Conference" was held at the Zhejiang Provincial People's Great Hall. During the meeting, the "2025 Zhejiang Enterprise Growth Sample" was announced. Huayou Holding Group successfully received this honor thanks to its steady and strong growth momentum, forward-looking development strategy, and innovative practices in deepening industrial operations, becoming a benchmark model for high-quality development among the new era Zhejiang entrepreneur community. Chen Hongliang, President of Huayou Cobalt, represented the company on stage to accept the award.

On January 28, Vice Secretary Fan Shunke of the China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Association visited the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), deeply visiting the Huayue Project for exchange to gain an on-the-ground understanding of the development of Chinese-funded enterprises in Indonesia's nickel industry sector.

Recently, the National Intellectual Property Administration announced the 2025-2027 Intellectual Property Powerhouse Construction Demonstration Creation List. **Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Huayou New Energy Technology (Quzhou) Co., Ltd. were successfully selected for the "National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise Creation Candidate" list.**