Shougang Group

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Shougang Group Co., Ltd.
首钢集团有限公司
FormerlyShougang Corporation
Company type State-owned enterprise
IndustrySteel manufacturing, investment
Founded1919
FounderLongyan Iron Mine Limited
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Zhu Jimin (Chairman and Party Committee Secretary)
Owner Government of Beijing  [ zh ] (79.40%)
Parent State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Government of Beijing
Subsidiaries Beijing Shougang Co., Ltd., Shougang Tonghua (Jilin)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 首钢集团有限公司
Transcriptions
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Shougang in 1967

The predecessor of Shougang, Shijingshan Steel Plant, was founded in 1919 in Shijingshan District, [6] with accelerated growth since the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949. It was renamed Shougang in 1967. [7] Shougang focuses its business mainly on steel industry, the corporation also runs on mining, machinery and equipment development, electronics, building, real estate, and related services, in addition, they also developed business with overseas companies in order to form Shougang as a leading multi-diverse corporation.

Big Air Shougang in Shougang Park Big Air Shougang (20220207093457).jpg
Big Air Shougang in Shougang Park

The steel mill was one of the largest sources of pollution in Beijing, and discussions to relocate it began in 2004 and continued off and on thereafter. [4] :49 The mill was relocated to Caofeidian District in Tangshan over the period 2005 to 2010, [4] :49 with the old site in Beijing being turned into Shougang Park. [8] The park was planned by Arup Group, and uses sustainable construction and sponge city design concepts. [9] :51 Big Air Shougang, one of the venues of 2022 Winter Olympics, was built inside the former factory in 2019. [10] The venue has become a simple of China's urban renewal. [11] :166 Railway station Xinshougang (Shougang Park) opened on December 31, 2021. [12]

Foreign operations

The company has current operations in the pacific coast of Southern Perú and is known as Shougang Hierro Perú. It operates the Marcona Mine in the Marcona District, an open-pit iron mine acquired in 1992. There have been continuing labor troubles. [13] [14]

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