Nico Steel Holdings Limited announced that it has received the approval for its patent on the electroplating process of aluminium alloy with copper for a period of 20 years starting June 2019, from the National Intellectual Property Administration in the People's Republic of China. This patented process is being used to produce one of the Group's key proprietary alloy products known as NICO-CCU. The aluminium alloy used for this aluminium-copper alloy product has the flexibility to use another of the Group's key proprietary aluminium alloy product ­ NICO AL50 - as a base material. The aluminium-copper alloy (NICO-CCU) is currently used for (i) thermal application and (ii) antenna application ­ to manage heat and surface electrical conductivity of laptops and tablets. Global brand owners, whose consumer mobile devices use NICO-CCU material for thermal management.