On August 25, ZIJIN MINING fell 3.02% in regular trading, trading at 37.3 HKD/share, with turnover of 830 million HKD. The decline came one day after the stock gapped higher on strong H1 results, as the market shifted focus to sequential weakness and production risks.

Despite reporting H1 net profit of 391.7 billion yuan (+68.17% YoY) and revenue of 1,941.78 billion yuan (+15.78% YoY), the market noted Q2 standalone attributable net profit of approximately 190.9 billion yuan declined roughly 4% from Q1. Additionally, the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine flooding incident forced a production target downgrade from 380,000-420,000 tonnes to 290,000-330,000 tonnes, contributing to a 5.7% YoY decline in H1 mined copper output. These factors raised concerns about a cyclical earnings peak.

Broad sector pressure compounded the selling, with WANGUO GOLD GP down 6.67%, JIAXIN INTL RES down 7.32%, CMOC down 4.39%, and MMG down 1.88%, reflecting widespread profit-taking across the Diversified Metals and Mining sector.

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