普基公司与中国的兰州铝业公司达成原则协定 ,将加强技术合作 ,新建一个年产量为 2 6万吨的铝冶炼厂。在签订了合作意向书之后 ,双方声称行动的第一步将是对该座新冶炼厂及位于甘肃省内一座发电厂进行预可行性研究。该项研究工作拟在2 0 0 3年进行。若研究结果是“明显有利可图 Puji Company and Lanzhou Aluminum Company in China reached a principled agreement to strengthen technical cooperation and create a new aluminum smelter with an annual output of 26,000 tons. After signing the letter of intent, both parties claimed that the first step in the operation would be to conduct a pre-feasibility study on the new smelter and a power plant in Gansu Province. The study is scheduled to be conducted in 2003. If the research result is “obviously profitable.”