Outokumpu Oyj is a group of international companies headquartered in Helsinki,Finland,employing 10,600 employees in more than 30 countries. Outokumpu is the largest producer of stainless steel in Europe and the second largest producer in the Americas. Outokumpu also has a long history as a mining company,and still mines chromium ore in Keminmaa for use as ferrochrome in stainless steel. The largest shareholder of Outokumpu is the Government of Finland,with 26.6% ownership,including the shares controlled by Solidium,The Social Insurance Institution of Finland,Finnish State Pension Fund and Municipality Pension Agency.
ThyssenKrupp AG is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and Essen. The company says that it is one of the largest steel producers in the world,and it was ranked tenth-largest worldwide by revenue in 2015. It is divided into 670 subsidiaries worldwide. The largest shareholders are the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation and Cevian Capital. ThyssenKrupp's products range from machines and industrial services to high-speed trains,elevators,and shipbuilding. The subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems also manufactures frigates,corvettes,and submarines for the German and foreign navies.
China Baowu Steel Group Corp.,Ltd.,commonly known as Baowu,is a state-owned iron and steel company headquartered in the Baosteel Tower in Pudong,Shanghai,China. The company was formed by Baosteel Group absorbing its smaller state-owned peer,Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation in 2016. It is the world's largest steel producer.
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural,i.e. the singular of ironworks is ironworks.
Sinosteel Corporation is a state-owned enterprise,primarily in mining,trading,equipment manufacturing and engineering. Founded in 1993 and based in the People's Republic of China,it is the country's second largest importer of iron ore. The company used to be under the direct supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. In 2022,it was acquired by state-owned steel conglomerate Baowu.
Thyssen was a major German steel producer founded by August Thyssen. The company merged with Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999.
Ma gang (Group) Holding Co.,Ltd.,or known as Masteel Group,is one of the major Chinese iron and steel enterprises. Since 2019,it is a joint venture of central government owned China Baowu Steel Group and Anhui Provincial People's Government's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). It is headquartered in Ma'anshan,Anhui province. The group produced iron and steel via its listed subsidiary Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited,which was a listed company since 1993. However,the group had a significant part remained unlisted.
Maanshan Iron &Steel Company Limited,known as Maanshan Iron &Steel or just Masteel is a Chinese listed company which engaged in steel manufacturing. The company was based in Ma'anshan,Anhui province. Since its establishment in 1993,it was controlled by the Chinese governments. However,the indirect parent company was changed to central government owned China Baowu Steel Group in June 2019,after the Group acquired 51% stake of Masteel Group,the direct parent company of the listed company from the Anhui provincial government.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Company Limited known as WISCO,is a subsidiary of listed steel maker Baoshan Iron and Steel;Wuhan Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd. was a subsidiary of state-owned Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation until 2016. The main business was the steel plant in Qingshan District,Wuhan,while the parent company had transformed from steel making company to holding company and M&A vehicle.
Hesteel Group Company Limited is a Chinese iron and steel manufacturing conglomerate,also known as Hesteel Group or its pinyin shortname Hegang. The company was also known as Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co.,Ltd. or HBIS until 2016.
China Metallurgical Group Corporation,is a Chinese state-owned enterprise headquartered in Beijing,engaged in EPC,natural resources exploitation,papermaking,equipment manufacturing,real estate development. MCC is one of the largest equipment manufacturers in China,and the only state-owned enterprise authorized to operate pulp-making and papermaking businesses both domestically and Internationally. On December 8,2015,MCC merged with China Minmetals,becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company also owns MCC Holding SA in Switzerland and MCC Petroli AG. Dr. Luigi Forino Von Thyssen,the president and group CEO of their petroleum corporations,is a significant shareholder of MCC,owning more than 22%,and he is the owner of several other companies.
Nippon Steel Corporation is Japan's largest steelmaker,headquartered in Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo. The company has four business segments,including steelmaking,engineering,chemicals,and system solutions. It is the largest producer of crude steel in Japan and the third largest in the world. The company is on the Forbes Global 2000 list,ranked 1971 in 2023. The company is the second incarnation of the Nippon Steel name,following the original Nippon Steel Corporation which was formed from the merger of Yamata Iron &Steel with Fuji Iron &Steel in 1950 and lasted until 2012.
Deng Qilin is a Chinese industrial engineer,manufacturing executive,and politician. He served as the chief executive of Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) from 2013 to 2015. Deng was investigated for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and booted from the Communist Party for bribery and abuse of power,among other alleged offenses.
Benxi Steel Group Corp.,Ltd. known as Benxi Steel Group is a Chinese holding company based in Benxi,Liaoning Province,for two steel making group.
Baoshan Iron &Steel Co.,Ltd.,also known as Baoshan Iron &Steel and Baosteel,is a maker of steel based in Shanghai,China,and a subsidiary of state-owned China Baowu Steel Group. It is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Shanghai Meishan Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd.,known as Meishan Iron and Steel,or Meisteel or Meigang is a second-tier subsidiary of Baowu and a first-tier subsidiary of listed company Baoshan Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd. (Baosteel). The company was based in Nanjing.
Baosteel Group Guangdong Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd. known as Shaoguan Iron and Steel or SGIS or Shaogang or Shaosteel is a Chinese steel maker.
Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd. known as Ba Yi Iron &Steel or 8 1 Iron &Steel or August 1 Iron &Steel or BYIS or Bagang or Basteel,is a Chinese steel maker based in Ürümqi,Xinjiang. The company was a second-tier subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group,via Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group. The rest of the shares of the company float in Shanghai Stock Exchange. Xinjiang government is the minority shareholder of the holding company:Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group.
Ma Guoqiang is a Chinese politician,engineer,and business executive. He had served as Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hubei province and Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan,the capital of Hubei,from 2018 to 2020. Ma previously served as Chairman of Baowu Group,China's largest steelmaker. He is an alternate member and then a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress.
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