PYONGYANG, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hyesan-China Joint Venture Mineral Company, a large joint project between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), started operation at Hyesan of Ryanggang province on Monday.
The mineral company was jointly set up by Wanxiang Resources Limited Company of China and the Ministry of Mining Industries of the DPRK on Nov. 1, 2007. Its main business was to produce and sell copper.
DPRK Mining Industries Minister Kang Min Chol and Chinese ambassador Liu Hongcai attended the opening ceremony.
Kim Chol, chairman of the people's committee of the Ryanggang province, said at the ceremony that the joint venture was one of the symbols of the development of the DPRK-China friendship and would be a model of modernization, science and economic benefits.
Liu believed the company would make profits for both sides, benefit the two peoples and promote traditional China-DPRK friendship.
