Chinese state firms took control of Mawei Mining's Malawi concession without required approval, exposing governance gaps in African mining.
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Hainan International Resources
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About Hainan International Resources
Hainan International Resources Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned resources and commodities enterprise headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China. Founded in 1991 and controlled by the Hainan provincial government, the group operates across bulk-commodity trading, mineral resources, energy products and international supply-chain logistics. Within the critical-minerals and rare-earth context, Hainan International Resources participates in the sourcing, import and trade of strategic raw materials, leveraging Hainan’s Free Trade Port status, which opens exploration, mining and beneficiation of rare-earth elements to broader investment. The company functions as a state-linked trading and resources platform rather than a dedicated rare-earth miner, connecting Chinese industrial buyers with global supplies of metals, ores and energy commodities. Its activities form part of China’s wider state-coordinated approach to securing access to critical raw materials used in magnets, batteries and advanced manufacturing.
Its Chinese name is 海南国际资源（集团）股份有限公司. It holds 49% of Xinjin International, the owner of Mawei Mining’s Makanjira heavy mineral sands license in Malawi. REEx has found no rare earth production of its own.
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