Recently, the 2026 Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises List was released. Huayou Cobalt secured the 22nd position, climbing 13 spots year‑on‑year, further demonstrating the global competitiveness of Chinese lithium‑ion battery material enterprises. As a leading player in the global energy materials sector, Huayou Cobalt has been featured on this list for many consecutive years. This rise in ranking serves as solid testimony to the Company’s adherence to global footprint expansion, technology‑driven innovation and coordinated development across the whole industrial chain, reflecting the industry’s high recognition of Huayou’s industrial strength, operational quality and sustainable development capacity.
Data analysis shows that amid multiple factors including geopolitics, the 2026 Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises have resumed double‑digit growth. According to list statistics, the total operating revenue of the Top 500 enterprises exceeded RMB 10 trillion for the first time, reaching RMB 10.59 trillion, an increase of RMB 1.04 trillion from the previous year. The average enterprise scale also crossed the RMB 20 billion threshold to RMB 21.183 billion, representing a year‑on‑year rise of RMB 2.089 billion. Both core indicators have crossed key whole‑number milestones, fully proving that the global new‑energy industry maintains robust expansion momentum despite a complex external environment.
Keeping pace with the overall industry recovery, Huayou Cobalt delivered sound and steady operational performance. According to the Company’s 2026 semi‑annual report, operating revenue hit RMB 55.568 billion in the first half of the year, a year‑on‑year increase of 49.39%. Net profit attributable to parent shareholders stood at RMB 3.507 billion, up 29.38% year‑on‑year. Non‑recurring‑gain‑adjusted net profit amounted to RMB 3.311 billion, rising 27.97% year‑on‑year. Net cash flow generated from operating activities reached RMB 2.148 billion, growing 32.76% compared with the same period last year. Both revenue and net profit achieved double‑digit growth, highlighting the Company’s enduring operational resilience.
Rooted in the real economy, Huayou Cobalt is committed to fostering new‑quality productive forces. The Company has built a complete full‑chain new‑energy ecosystem covering “nickel‑cobalt‑lithium resource development — green refining — lithium‑ion battery material manufacturing — circular recycling”. Domestically, it strengthens its R&D and manufacturing foundations by deepening operations at industrial bases in Quzhou, Tongxiang, Guangxi and other locations. Globally, Huayou has set up overseas industrial parks and integrated mining‑metallurgy projects in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe and other regions. These moves consolidate upstream resource security, unlock key links in the global supply chain and underpin stable supply for the worldwide new‑energy industry.
Looking ahead, Huayou Cobalt will stay focused on its vision “to become a world‑leading energy‑materials technology enterprise”. It will continuously strengthen its integrated whole‑industrial‑chain advantages, implement the strategic initiatives of the “Five Huayous”: Technology‑driven, Green‑oriented, Open‑minded, Responsible and Enterprising. The Company will keep enhancing core competitiveness and contribute Chinese enterprise strength toward high‑quality development of the global new‑energy industry.
