Coils of aluminum rod tubes are packaged and ready for shipping at Baotou Aluminum Group [Photo/baotounews.com.cn]

The aluminum industry is justifiably one of the five pillar industries in Baotou, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region -- along with the rare earth, steel, equipment manufacturing and electricity industries.

The city is home to leading companies including Baotou Aluminum Group and East Hope Baotou Rare Earth Aluminum Company.

The Inner Mongolia Baotou Aluminum Industry Park, located in Baotou, is a dynamic ecological industrial park featuring the latest in developments in the aluminum deep-processing industry.

By introducing aluminum deep processing projects with high technical content and high added value, the industrial park has changed the product structure of traditional metallurgical businesses which mainly sell raw materials. It has extended the product chain, strengthened the scale of the industry and created a thriving industrial cluster.

The park harnesses Baotou Aluminum Group’s raw materials and energy knowhow and electricity and natural gas facilities.

As a result, it has successfully attracted aluminum deep-processing companies -- including those manufacturing foil, aluminum wheels, aluminum profiles and aluminum alloy auto parts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta.

According to statistics released by Baotou statistics bureau, in 2019 the added value of the aluminum industry in the city showed year-on-year growth of 17.8 percent.