IRC Limited
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| Public company | |
| Traded as | : 1029 |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | 4 June 2010 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Area served
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People's Republic of China |
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Key people
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Executive Chairman: Jay Hambro |
| Products | Iron ore, Ilmenite |
| Services | Engineering services |
| Revenue | USD 160,854,000 (2013) |
| (USD 41,613,000) (2013) | |
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Number of employees
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2,492 (as at 31 December 2013) |
| Parent | Petropavlovsk plc |
| Subsidiaries | Aricom Limited |
| Website | Official Website |
IRC Limited (IRC; simplified Chinese: 铁江现货有限公司; traditional Chinese: 鐵江現貨有限公司) (: 1029) is a Hong Kong-based business that is focused on exploring for, developing, and operating industrial commodity projects, particularly in the mining sector. Its operations are centred in the Far East of Russia and in China's Heilongjiang Province.
The company was incorporated on 4 June 2010 in Hong Kong as Thor Limited as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petropavlovsk plc (LSE: POG). In a corporate restructuring, the company acquired Aricom Limited, previously a London-listed iron ore mining company with operations in Russia, from Petropavlovsk plc. The company then changed its name to IRC Limited (鐵路現貨有限公司) on 13 August 2010, and adopts its current title IRC Limited (鐵江現貨有限公司) since 13 September 2010. IRC becomes listed on the Main Board of the on 21 October 2010.
On 17 January 2013, IRC entered into a conditional subscription agreement with each of General Nice Development Limited (俊安發展有限公司) and Minmetals Cheerglory Limited (五礦企榮有限公司) for an investment by the latter in new shares of IRC up to approximately HK$1,845,000,000 (equivalent to approximately US$238,000,000) in aggregate. IRC expects the subscription to be completed by the end of 2014. As of 31 December 2013, Petropavlovsk plc continues to be the largest shareholder of IRC, holding nearly 50% shares of IRC. General Nice Development Limited (俊安發展有限公司), another substantial shareholder of IRC, holds over 20% shares.
The Group’s production and development sites are located in Russia’s Amur Region and EAO, near the Chinese border.
The Group’s strategy is to leverage the close proximity of its operations to North East China and the presence of existing rail infrastructure, to provide a low cost solution to the region’s demand for quality iron ore. “It also has a highly regarded and experienced international management team and its UK parent company has been delivering sizeable returns to investors ever since it became a listed company.”
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