China's biggest gold producer sales surge in H1

 BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China National Gold Group Corp. (CNGGC) said Monday that its first-half sales surged 61.44 percent year on year to 49.45 billion yuan (7.85 billion U.S. dollars), fulfilling 61.8 percent of its annual target.

The Beijing-based company said its first-half profits met 53.26 percent of the target for this year, without disclosing exact figures.

Sales are expected to exceed 100 billion yuan in 2012, Sun Zhaoxue, general manager of CNGGC, said at the company's meeting.

The gold producer added 87 tonnes of gold and 200,000 tonnes of copper¹ to its reserves in the first half.

At the end of June, the company's reserves of gold, copper and molybdenum reached 1,565 tonnes, 10.2 million tonnes and 2.01 million tonnes, respectively.

The company remains² the country's largest gold producer in terms of gold reserves, output and market share of gold investment products, Sun said.

1 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。