In the first half of the year (H1), Chalco Shanxi New Materials and Chalco Shanxi Aluminum Industry thoroughly implemented the arrangements and deployments of the Party Group of Chalco Group and the Party Committee of Chalco, guided by Party building, and focused on the cost concept of "two bests" as the core approach. They delved deep into extreme operations, deepened reform and innovation, and steadily improved overall profitability. The profit of Chalco Shanxi New Materials increased by 11.83% compared to the same period last year, and the total profit of Chalco Shanxi Aluminum Industry increased by 8.17% compared to the same period last year. The production of core products such as alumina, primary aluminum, and carbon materials all exceeded the progress targets, showing a steady and positive development trend. Total factor benchmarking promotes cost reduction and efficiency improvement. To continuously narrow the gap with industry benchmarks, the company deeply integrated total factor benchmarking with the cost concept of "two bests," constructed a refined benchmarking system covering seven major dimensions such as "resource security, benefit efficiency," and five major entities such as "mine, alumina, thermal power," improved the benchmarking platform for seven processes of alumina, increased the self-mining ore supply, delved deep into energy and power trading, strengthened the breakthrough of production indicators, and promoted ironclad cost reduction throughout the